Physiological, hormonal and molecular mechanisms regulating chilling injury in horticultural species. Postharvest technologies applied to reduce its impact

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 555-573

  Sevillano, Laura ^a   Sanchez Ballest, María T ^b   Romojaro, Felix ^c   Flores, Francisco B ^c  

^a Facultad de Medicina   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DEL FRÍO CSIC   (Spain)

^c RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chilling injury; Heat shock proteins; Oxidative stress; Phytohormones; Postharvest technologies; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

MIMOSA;

EID: 62449333441     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3468     Document Type: Review

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