Time of day at harvest affects the expression of chlorophyll degrading genes during postharvest storage of broccoli

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-27

  Hasperué, Joaquín H ^a   Gómez Lobato, María E ^b   Chaves, Alicia R ^a,c   Civello, Pedro M ^b,c   Martínez, Gustavo A ^c,d  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO EN CRIOTECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CIDCA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de La Plata   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Broccoli; Chlorophyll degrading genes; Daytime; Postharvest; Senescence

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA;

EID: 84875801114     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2013.02.021     Document Type: Article

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