Apoplastic levels of hydroxyl radicals in four different apple cultivars are associated with severity of cut-edge browning

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 682, Issue , 2005, Pages 1819-1824

  Toivonen, P M A ^a   Hampson, C ^a   Stan, S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidant systems; Browning; Fresh cut; Hydroxyl radicals; Malus domestica; Membrane integrity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248211179     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.682.243     Document Type: Conference Paper

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