Softening and ripening of 'Athena' cantaloupe (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus) fruit at three harvest maturities in response to the ethylene antagonist 1-methylcyclopropene

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1231-1236

  Jeong, Jiwon ^a   Lee, James ^a   Huber, Donald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

1 MCP; Climacteric; Fruit ripening; Softening; Storage life

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 34447621040     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.5.1231     Document Type: Article

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