Salicylic acid, ethephon, and methyl jasmonate enhance ester regeneration in 1-MCP-treated apple fruit after long-term cold storage

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3887-3895

  Li, Da Peng ^a   Xu, Yun Feng ^a,b   Sun, Li Ping ^a,c   Liu, Li Xia ^a   Hu, Xiao Li ^a   Li, De Quan ^a   Shu, Huai Rui ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Huangdao Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau   (China)

^c TAISHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alcohol acyltransferase; Apple Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill. var. domestica (Borkh.) Mansf. ; Ester regeneration; Ethylene; Poststorage ripening

Indexed keywords

MALUS SYLVESTRIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

1 METHYLCYCLOPROPENE; 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL ACYLTRANSFERASE, FRAGARIA ANANASSA; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; ESTER; ETHEPHON; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PHYTOHORMONE; SALICYLIC ACID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

APPLE; ARTICLE; COLD; ENZYMOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUIT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; VOLATILIZATION;

ACETIC ACIDS; ACYLTRANSFERASES; COLD; CYCLOPENTANES; CYCLOPROPANES; ESTERS; ETHYLENES; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUIT; MALUS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; SALICYLIC ACID; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 33745486863     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf060240j     Document Type: Article

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