Pre-harvest nickel application to the calyx of 'Saijo' persimmon fruit prolongs postharvest shelf-life

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-103

  Zheng, Qiao Lin ^a   Nakatsuka, Akira ^b   Matsumoto, Toshikazu ^c   Itamura, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Institute for Agro Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 Aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylic acid (ACC) synthase; ACC oxidase; Ethylene production; Flesh firmness; Nickel ion; Persimmon

Indexed keywords

DIOSPYROS KAKI; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 33749255374     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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