Changes in physiology and quality of peach fruits treated by methyl jasmonate under low temperature stress

Food Chemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1028-1035

  Meng, Xianghong ^a,b   Han, Jin ^a   Wang, Qing ^a   Tian, Shiping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Chilling injury; Methyl jasmonate; Peach; Phenols

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649116251     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.09.109     Document Type: Article

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