Post-harvest heat treatments modify cell wall composition of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) fruit

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-53

  Lara, I ^a   Garcia P ^b   Vendrell, M ^b  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Heat treatment; Polyuronides; Post harvest life; Strawberry

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; FUNGAL DISEASE; HORTICULTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

FRAGARIA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 33646673852     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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