Influence of Md-ACS1 allelotype and harvest season within an apple germplasm collection on fruit softening during cold air storage

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 212-219

  Oraguzie, Nnadozie C ^a   Volz, Richard K ^a   Whitworth, Claire J ^a   Bassett, Heather C M ^a   Hall, Alistair J ^a   Gardiner, Susan E ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Apple population; Postharvest firmness; Softening curves; Storage potential

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 34047146023     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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