Effects of water loss of 'Fuyu' persimmon fruit on molecular weights of mesocarp cell wall polysaccharides and fruit softening

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 460-468

  Tsuchida, Yasuhisa ^a,b   Sakurai, Naoki ^b   Morinaga, Kunihisa ^a,c   Koshita, Yoshiko ^a   Asakura, Toshikazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Fruit firmness; Molecular weight; Persimmon; Water loss

Indexed keywords

DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS KAKI; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 5144227860     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.73.460     Document Type: Article

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