Temperature effect on skin adhesion, cell wall enzyme activity, lignin content, anthocyanins, growth parameters, and periderm histochemistry of sweetpotato

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 729-738

  Villavicencio, Lucia E ^a   Blankenship, Sylvia M ^a   Yencho, G Craig ^a   Thomas, Judith F ^a   Raper, C David ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

'Beauregard'; Epidermis; Ipomoea batatas; Pectin methylesterase; Polygalacturonase; Skin loss; Skinning

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 36649037618     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.132.5.729     Document Type: Article

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