Ethanol vapor treatment maintains postharvest storage quality and inhibits internal ethylene biosynthesis during storage of oriental sweet melons

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 372-380

  Jin, Ya Zhong ^a,b   Lv, De Qing ^a   Liu, Wen Wei ^a   Qi, Hong Yan ^a   Bai, Xiao Hang ^a  

^a SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEILONGJIANG BAYI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Ethylene biosynthesis; Gene expression; Oriental sweet melon; Storage quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882792980     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2013.07.019     Document Type: Review

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