Plastid ultrastructure, chlorophyll contents, and colour expression during ripening of cavendish banana (Musa acuminata ’williams') at 18°c and 27°c

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-210

  Ding, Phebe ^a   Ahmad, S H ^a   Razak, Abd R Abd ^a   Saari, N ^a   Mohamed, M T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Banana degreening; Chloroplast; Chromoplast; Grana; Thylakoid membrane

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLAST; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT; LABORATORY METHOD; PLASTID; RIPENING; SENESCENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MUSA ACUMINATA;

EID: 34547768101     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140670709510186     Document Type: Article

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