Effects of delays between harvest and 1-methylcyclopropene treatment, and temperature during treatment, on ripening of air-stored and controlled- atmosphere-stored apples

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2096-2101

  Watkins, Christopher B ^a   Nock, Jacqueline F ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

1 MCP; Ethylene; Malus xdomestica Borkh.; Softening; Storage

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ETHYLENE; HARVESTING;

1-MCP; CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE; MALUS XDOMESTICA;

FRUITS;

APPLES; CULTIVATION; ETHYLENE; HARVESTING; SOFTENING; STORAGE; VARIETIES;

MALUS SYLVESTRIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MALUS XDOMESTICA;

EID: 28444492972     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.7.2096     Document Type: Article

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