Influence of aqueous 1-methylcyclopropene concentration, immersion duration, and solution longevity on the postharvest ripening of breaker-turning tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 147-154

  Choi, Sun Tay ^a   Huber, Donald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

1 Methylcyclopropene; Ethylene; Firmness; Lycopene; Polygalacturonase; Ripening; Softening; Tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 41549143647     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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