1-Methylcyclopropene influences 'empire' and 'delicious' apple quality during long-term commercial storage

HortTechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-51

  DeEll, Jennifer R ^a   Ayres, Jennifer T ^b   Murr, Dennis P ^c  

^a FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

^b University of Guelph ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

1 MCP; Core browning; Ethylene; Firmness; Internal browning; Malus x domestica; Smartfresh

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 33846632677     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.17.1.46     Document Type: Article

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