Ripening promotion and ethylene evolution in red pepper (capsicum annuum) as influenced by newly developed formulations of a natural lipid, lysophosphatidylethanolamine

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 628, Issue , 2003, Pages 317-322

  Kang, C K ^a   Yang, Y L ^b   Chung, G H ^c   Palta, J P ^d  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b Doosan Technical Center   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Nutra Park Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry matter; Ethephon; Ethylene evolution; Fruit coloration; Fruit ripening; LPE; Lysophospholipid; Membrane lipid; Natural lipids; Phospholipid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872659311     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.628.38     Document Type: Conference Paper

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