Cell wall metabolism in cold-stored tomato fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-113

  Rugkong, Adirek ^a   Rose, Jocelyn K C ^a   Lee, Sang Jik ^a   Giovannoni, James J ^b,c   O'Neill, Malcolm A ^d   Watkins, Christopher B ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell walls; Chilling injury; Fruit ripening; Polygalacturonase; Solanum lycopersicum

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 77954860622     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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