Enhancing color formation of flame seedless grapes using safe compounds or low dose of ethephon

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-57

  Farag, Karim M ^a   Kasem, Hassan A ^a   Hussein, Awad ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Alexandria University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Coloration; Firmness; Maturation; Phenylalanine; Storage; Thiamin; Urea

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149519690     PISSN: 2079052X     EISSN: 20790538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9755/ejfa.v10i1.5129     Document Type: Article

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