Variability of responses to 1-methylcyclopropene by banana: Influence of time of year at harvest and fruit position in the bunch

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-234

  Moradinezhad, F ^a,b   Sedgley, M ^c   Klieber, A ^a,d   Able, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d Quality Centre of Excellence ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

1 MCP; Ethylene; Musa sp.; Ripening; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT; HARVESTING; MONOCOTYLEDON; RIPENING;

MUSA ACUMINATA; MUSA SP.;

EID: 41149118377     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2007.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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