Characterization of cultivar differences in alcohol acyltransferase and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase gene expression and volatile ester emission during apple fruit maturation and ripening

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 330-339

  Zhu, Yanmin ^a   Rudell, David R ^a   Mattheis, James P ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

1 Methylcyclopropene; Ethylene; Fruit ripening; Malus domestica (Borkh.); Volatile esters

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 46549088997     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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