Rapid ingress of gaseous 1-MCP and acute suppression of ripening following short-term application to midclimacteric tomato under hypobaria

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 285-290

  Dong, Xiaoqing ^a,b   Huber, Donald J ^b   Rao, Jingping ^a   Lee, James H ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climacteric; Ethylene; Hypobaria ; 1 Methylcyclopropene; Ripening; Tomato

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881513211     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2013.07.020     Document Type: Article

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