Physiological changes in Amazonic hot pepper accessions during growth, ripening and storage

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 682, Issue , 2005, Pages 2207-2214

  Barrera, J A ^a   Hernandez M S ^a   Melgarejo, L M ^b   Fernandez Trujillo, J P ^c  

^a Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capsaicinoids; Chile; Chilling injury; Color; Development; Maturity index; Shriveling

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749013173     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.682.301     Document Type: Conference Paper

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