Effectiveness of 1-MCP treatments on 'Bartlett' pears as influenced by the cooling method and the bin material

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-55

  Calvo, Gabriela ^a   Sozzi, Gabriel O ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

1 Methylcyclopropene; Bin stored European pears; Cooling method; Ethylene; Firmness; Ripening

Indexed keywords

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 56549106944     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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