Postharvest nitric oxide fumigation delays fruit ripening and alleviates chilling injury during cold storage of Japanese plums (Prunus salicina Lindell)

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 101-108

  Singh, S P ^a   Singh, Zora ^a   Swinny, E E ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Chemistry Centre Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chilling injury; Ethylene; Nitric oxide; Plum; Respiration; Ripening; Storage

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS SALICINA;

EID: 67649771425     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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