1-Methylcyclopropene: Mode of Action and Relevance in Postharvest Horticulture Research

Horticultural Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue , 2009, Pages 263-313

  Schotsmans, Wendy C ^a   Prange, Robert K ^a   Binder, Brad M ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

1 MCP treatment and physiological effects discoloration reactions, physiological disorders and stress responses; 1 methylcyclopropene (1 MCP) relevance in postharvest horticulture research; Ethylene response pathway model in gene expression regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956404133     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470593776.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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