Features of programmed cell death precede watersoaking development in ethylene-treated immature cucumber fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-20

  Hurr, Brandon M ^a,b   Huber, Donald J ^a   Vallejos, C Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cucumber; Development; Electrolyte leakage; Maturity; Nuclease; Programmed cell death; Senescence

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 77954763025     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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