Cell wall modifications in chilling-injured plum fruit (Prunus salicina)

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-83

  Manganaris, G A ^a,b   Vicente, A R ^b   Crisosto, C H ^a   Labavitch, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Chilling injury; Gel breakdown; Internal breakdown; Mealiness; Plum

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS SALICINA;

EID: 38949100003     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2007.09.017     Document Type: Article

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