Deficit irrigation strategies enhance health-promoting compounds through the intensification of specific enzymes in early peaches

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1803-1813

  Falagán, Natalia ^a,b   Artés, Francisco ^a,b   Gómez, Perla Azucena ^b   Artés Hernández, Francisco ^a,b   Conejero, Wenceslao ^c   Aguayo, Encarna ^a,b  

^a Postharvest and Refrigeration Group   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^c RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

APX; Bioactive compounds; CAT; PAL; PPO

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; WATER;

ENZYMOLOGY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); METABOLISM; PEACH; TIME FACTOR;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; PRUNUS PERSICA; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84959575297     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.7290     Document Type: Article

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