Roles of phenolics, ethylene and fruit cuticle in scald development of apples (Malus domestica Borkh.)
Fruit ethylene was manipulated by harvest maturity, 2-dichloroethylphosphonic acid (ethephon), aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG), and storage conditions. Advanced maturity or ethephon reduced scald on 'Delicious'. AVG-treated fruit scalded like controls in a commercial room (high ethylene), bu...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
1997
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Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9809351 |