Fruit Shelf Life and Potential for Its Genetic Improvement

Breeding for Fruit Quality

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 81-104

  Mercado, JoséA ^a   Pliego Alfaro, Fernando ^a   Quesada, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell wall composition; Cell wall disassembly; Fruit shelf life; Fruit softening; Genetic improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857914947     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470959350.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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