Postharvest melatonin treatment reduces chilling injury and enhances antioxidant capacity of tomato fruit during cold storage
In this study, tomato fruit was treated with 50, 100 or 200 µM melatonin and then stored at 5°C for 28 days to investigate the effect of melatonin treatment on chilling injury, nutritional quality and changes in the antioxidant system. Tomato fruit developed chilling injury, manifested as surface...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Firenze University Press
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Advances in Horticultural Science |
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| Online Access: | https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ahs/article/view/3149 |