Interactive effects of ozone and 1-methylcyclopropene on decay resistance and quality of stored carrots

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 341-348

  Forney, Charles F ^a   Song, Jun ^a   Hildebrand, Paul D ^a   Fan, Lihua ^a   McRae, Kenneth B ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

1 MCP; 6 Methoxymellein; Botrytis; Daucus carota; Decay; Sclerotinia; Sugar content; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; DAUCUS CAROTA; SCLEROTINIA; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 34447649373     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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