Ripening characteristics and pigment changes in russeted pear fruit in response to ethylene and 1-MCP

Horticulturae

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Charoenchongsuk, Nongluk ^a   Matsumoto, Daiki ^a   Itai, Akihiro ^b   Murayama, Hideki ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 methylcycropropene; Chlorophylls; Ethylene; Russet pear

Indexed keywords

EID: 85071271762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23117524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/horticulturae4030022     Document Type: Article

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