Activity of papaya fruit hydrolases during natural softening and modified softening

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 740, Issue , 2007, Pages 317-322

  Thumdee, Siwaporn ^a   Manenoi, Ashariya ^a   Paull, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

1 methylcyclopropene; Galactosidase; Glucanase; Pectin methylesterase; Polygalacturonase; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

CARICA PAPAYA;

EID: 54049096082     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.740.39     Document Type: Conference Paper

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