Developmentally dependent responses of detached cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) fruit to exogenous ethylene

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-215

  Hurr, Brandon M ^a   Huber, Donald J ^a   Vallejos, C Eduardo ^a   Talcott, Stephen T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Chlorophyll; Color; Ripening; Senescence; Watersoaking

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 61449183465     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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