Ethylene regulation of avocado ripening differs between seeded and seedless fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-146

  Hershkovitz, Vera ^a,b   Friedman, Haya ^a   Goldschmidt, Eliezer E ^b   Pesis, Edna ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

1 MCP; Cold storage; Ethylene biosynthesis genes; Ethylene receptor genes

Indexed keywords

PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 76949106070     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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