Response of Pink Lady® apples to post-harvest application of 1-methylcyclopropene as a function of applied dose, maturity at harvest, storage time and controlled atmosphere storage

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 94, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2691-2698

  Cocci, Emiliano ^a   Sacchetti, Giampiero ^b   Rocculi, Pietro ^a,c   Dalla Rosa, Marco ^a,c  

^a CIRI Agroalimentare Campus Scienze degli Alimenti   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Controlled atmosphere; Firmness; Methylcyclopropene; Ripening; Sensory analysis

Indexed keywords

1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; PIGMENT; WATER;

ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD STORAGE; FREEZING; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ITALY; MALUS; MECHANICS; METABOLISM; ODOR; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SENSATION; TASTE; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYCLOPROPANES; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD STORAGE; FRUIT; HUMANS; ITALY; MALUS; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ODORS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; REFRIGERATION; SENSATION; TASTE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84906944119     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6610     Document Type: Article

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