Quality maintenance of postharvest horticultural crops by stress treatments and approach for the elucidation of its mechanism

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Yamauchi, Naoki ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbate glutathione cycle; Chlorophyll degrading enzymes; Hydrogen peroxide; Senescence; Stress treatments

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; CITRUS;

EID: 84873313267     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: 1882336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs1.82.1     Document Type: Review

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