Low oxygen and 1-MCP pretreatments delay superficial scald development by reducing reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation in stored 'Granny Smith' apples

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-304

  Sabban Amin, Revital ^a   Feygenberg, Oleg ^a   Belausov, Eduard ^a   Pesis, Edna ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Farnesene; Ethanol; Ethylene; Fluorescence; Malus domestica; MHO

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 80053637147     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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