Heat shock proteins as biochemical markers for postharvest chilling stress in fruits and vegetables

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 160, Issue , 2013, Pages 54-64

  Aghdam, Morteza Soleimani ^a   Sevillano, Laura ^b   Flores, Francisco B ^c   Bodbodak, Samad ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica and Departamento de Microbiología y Genética   (Spain)

^c RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant systems; Chilling injury; Heat shock proteins; Membrane fluidity; Postharvest treatments

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOMARKER; FRUIT; INJURY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE; OPTIMIZATION; ORNAMENTATION; PROTEIN; SENESCENCE; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84879329753     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2013.05.020     Document Type: Review

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