UV-C effect on ethylene, polyamines and the regulation of tomato fruit ripening

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 230-239

  Tiecher, Aline ^a   de Paula, Luciane Arantes ^a   Chaves, Fábio Clasen ^a   Rombaldi, Cesar Valmor ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

1 Methylcyclopropene; Abiotic stress; Ethylene; Polyamine; Solanum lycopersicum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881098180     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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