Putrescine and carnauba wax pretreatments alleviate chilling injury, enhance shelf life and preserve pomegranate fruit quality during cold storage

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 795-800

  Barman, Kalyan ^a   Asrey, Ram ^a   Pal, R K ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Carnauba wax; Chilling injury; Firmness; Pomegranate; Putrescine

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLD TOLERANCE; COLOR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ETHYLENE; FRUIT; INJURY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SENESCENCE; WAX;

LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 80054095747     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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