1-Methyl cyclopropene extends postharvest life of spinach leaves

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 182-185

  Gergoff Grozeff, Gustavo ^a   Micieli, María E ^a   Gómez, Facundo ^a   Fernández, Laura ^a   Guiamet, Juan J ^a   Chaves, Alicia R ^b   Bartoli, Carlos G ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional de La Plata   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO EN CRIOTECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CIDCA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

1 MCP; Ammonium; Ascorbic acid; Ethylene; Glutathione; Protein degradation; Senescence; Spinach

Indexed keywords

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 72949098609     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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