Methyl jasmonate enhances biocontrol efficacy of Rhodotorula glutinis to postharvest blue mold decay of pears

Food Chemistry

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 621-626

  Zhang, Hongyin ^a   Ma, Longchuan ^a   Turner, Mark ^b   Xu, Huaxi ^a   Dong, Ying ^a   Jiang, Song ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue mold; Methyl jasmonate (MeJA); Natural infection; Pear; Postharvest decay; Quality parameters; Rhodotorula glutinis

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BLUE MOLD DECAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUIT FIRMNESS; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PEAR; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; POSTHARVEST DECAY; POSTHARVEST PERIOD; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS; TITRIMETRY;

PYRUS; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS;

EID: 67649378625     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.04.054     Document Type: Article

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