Short-term anoxia treatment maintains tissue energy levels and membrane integrity and inhibits browning of harvested litchi fruit

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1767-1771

  Liu, Hai ^a,d   Song, Lili ^a,d   Jiang, Yueming ^a   Joyce, Daryl C ^b   Zhao, Mouming ^c   You, Yanli ^a,d   Wang, Yong ^a,d  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Browning; Energy; Litchi; Membrane

Indexed keywords

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 34250841165     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2920     Document Type: Article

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