Grafting effects on postharvest ripening and quality of 1-methylcyclopropene-treated muskmelon fruit

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 581-587

  Zhao, Xin ^a   Guo, Yanyin ^b   Huber, Donald J ^a   Lee, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

1 MCP; Cantaloupe; Cucumis melo l. var. reticulatus cv. athena; Fruit yield; Rootstock; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ASCORBIC ACID; CROP YIELD; ETHYLENE; FRUIT; GRAFTING; HARVESTING; HORTICULTURE; RIPENING; ROOTSTOCK; SOILBORNE DISEASE;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 80052959012     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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