Influence of time from harvest to 1-MCP treatment on apple fruit quality and expression of genes for ethylene biosynthesis enzymes and ethylene receptors

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-35

  Tatsuki, Miho ^a   Endo, Atsushi ^b   Ohkawa, Hiroshi ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Fukushima Fruit Tree Exp Station   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACC oxidase; ACC synthase; Endopolygalacturonase; Malus domestica Borkh.

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 33846399193     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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