Tomato fruit quality retention during storage by 1-MCP treatment as affected by cultivar and ripening stage at harvest

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 682, Issue , 2005, Pages 1069-1076

  Guillen F ^a   Valverde, J M ^a   Martinez Romero D ^a   Castillo, S ^a   Valero, D ^a   Serrano, M ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colour; Decay; Ethylene; Firmness; Ripening

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349275531     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.682.140     Document Type: Conference Paper

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