Initiation of ripening capacity in 1-MCP treated green and red 'Anjou' pears and associated expression of genes related to ethylene biosynthesis and perception following cold storage and post-storage ethylene conditioning

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 111, Issue , 2016, Pages 140-149

  Xie, Xingbin ^a   Zhao, Jing ^b   Wang, Yan ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

'D'Anjou'; 1 MCP; Ethylene; Gene expression; Pyrus communis; Ripening capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940551608     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2015.08.010     Document Type: Article

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