Hot water treatment of postharvest mei fruit to delay ripening

HortScience

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 737-740

  Luo, Zisheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; ETHYLENE;

CLIMACTERIC PATTERN; PECTINMETHYLESTERASE (PME); SOLUBLE SOLIDS CONTENT (SSC);

FRUITS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLLS; ETHYLENE; FRUITS;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS MUME;

EID: 33646451239     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.41.3.737     Document Type: Article

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