High oxygen levels promote peel spotting in banana fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 128-132

  Maneenuam, Thararat ^a   Ketsa, Saichol ^a   van Doorn, Wouter G ^b  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Banana; Dopamine; High oxygen; Peel spotting; Phenolic; Phenylalanine ammonia lyase; Polyphenol oxidase

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846342148     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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