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Choi, S.T., Huber, D.J., Kim, J. G., Hong, Y. P. 2009. Influence of chlorine and mode of application on efficacy of aqueous solutions of 1-methylcyclopropene in delaying tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) fruit ripening. Postharvest Biol. Technol. (accepted).
Zhang, Z., Huber, D. Hurr, B.M., Raob, J. 2009. Efficacy of 1-methylcyclopropene at decelerating ripening of climacteric fruits is influenced by internal ethylene levels. Postharvest Biol. Technol. (accepted).
Matsumoto, K., Hwang, Y.S., Lee, C.H., Huber, D.J. 2009. Changes in firmness and pectic polysaccharide solubility in three cultivars of strawberry fruit following short-term exposure to high pCO2. J. Food Quality (accepted).
Karakurt, Y., Huber, D.J. 2009. Purification and partial characterization of xyloglucan-hydrolyzing enzymes from watermelon placental tissue. J. Sci. Food Agric. (In press).
Hurr, B., Huber, D.J., Vallejos, C.E., Talcott, S.T. 2009. Developmentally dependent responses of detached cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) fruit to exogenous ethylene. Postharvest Biol. Technol. 52:207-215.
Choi, S.T., Huber, D.J. 2009. Differential sorption of 1-methylcyclopropene to fruit and vegetable tissues, storage and cell wall polysaccharides, oils, and lignins. Postharvest Biol. Technol. 52:62-70.
Karakurt, Y., Huber, D.J. 2008. Wound metabolism and wound signaling in fruits and vegetables. J. Inst. Sci. Technol. 24:401-413.
Huber, D.J. 2008. Suppression of ethylene responses through application of 1-methylcyclopropene: A powerful tool for elucidating ripening and senescence mechanisms in climacteric and nonclimacteric fruits and vegetables. HortScience: 43:106-111.
Choi, S.T., Huber, D.J. 2008. Influence of aqueous 1-methylcyclopropene concentration, immersion duration, and solution longevity on the postharvest ripening of breaker-turning tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) fruit. Postharvest Biol. Technol. 49:147-154.
Almeida, D.P.F., Huber, D.J. 2008. In vivo pectin solubility in ripening and chill-injured tomato fruit. Plant Sci. 174:174-182.
Karakurt, Y., Muramatsu, N., Jeong, J., Hurr, B., Huber, D.J. 2008. Matrix glycan depolymerization and xyloglucan endohydrolase activities in ethylene-treated watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) fruit. J. Sci. Food Agric. 88:684-689.
Karakurt, Y., Huber, D.J. 2008. Cloning and characterization of differentially expressed genes in ethylene-treated watermelon fruit. Postharvest Biol. Technol. 48:372-377.
Choi, S.T., Tsouvaltzis, P., Lim, C.I., Huber, D.J. 2008. Suppression of ripening and induction of asynchronous ripening in tomato and avocado fruits subjected to complete or partial exposure to aqueous solutions of 1-methylcyclopropene Postharvest Biol. Technol. 48: 206-214.
Cho, M., Hurr, B., Jeong, J., Lim, C., Huber, D.J. 2008. Postharvest senescence and deterioration of 'Thoroughbred' and 'Carlo' green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in response to 1-methylcyclopropene. HortScience 43: 427-430.
Jeong, J., Brecht, J.K., Huber, D.J., Sargent, S.A. 2008. The shelf-life and deterioration of fresh-cut cantaloupe fruit in response to 1-methylcyclopropene. HortScience 43: 435-438.
Almeida, D.P.F., Huber, D.J. 2007. Polygalacturonase-mediated dissolution and depolymerization of pectins in solutions mimicking the pH and mineral composition of tomato fruit apoplast. Plant Sci. 172:1087-1094.
Lee, E., Sargent, S.A., Huber, D.J. 2007. Physiological changes in Roma-type tomato induced by mechanical stress at several ripeness stages. HortScience 42: 1237-1242.
Jeong, J., Lee, J.H., Huber, D.J. 2007. Softening and ripening of ‘Athena’ cantaloupe (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus) fruit at three harvest maturities in response to the ethylene antagonist 1-methylcyclopropene. HortScience 42:1231-1236.
Karakurt, Y., Huber, D.J. 2007. Characterization of wound-regulated cDNAs and their expression in fresh-cut and intact papaya fruit during low-temperature storage. Postharvest Biol. and Technol. 44: 179–183.
Nuñez-Palenius1, H.G., Huber, D.J., Klee, H.J. Cantliffe, D.J. 2007. Fruit Ripening Characteristics in a Transgenic ‘Galia’ Male Parental Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus Ser.) Line. Postharvest Biol. Technol. 44 :95–100
Ergun, M., Jeong, J., Huber, D.J, Cantliffe, D.J. 2007. Physiology of fresh-cut ‘Galia’ (Cucumis melo var. reticulatus) from ripe fruit treated with 1-methylcyclopropene. Postharvest Biol. and Technol. 44:286–292.
Bonina, J.R., Cantliffe, D.J., Stofella, P.J., Huber, D.J. 2007. A rapid and inexpensive test for determining optimal hydrothermal timing for priming lettuce seed. Seed Technol. 29:37-49.
Ergun, M., Sargent, S.A., Huber, D.J. 2006. Postharvest quality of grape tomato fruit treated with 1-methylcyclopropene at advanced ripeness stages. HortScience 41:183-187.
Nunez-Palenius, H., Cantliffe, D., Huber, D., Ciardi, J., Klee, H. 2006. Transformation of a Muskmelon 'galia' Hybrid Parental Line (Cucumis melo L. Var. Reticulatus Ser.) With an Antisense Acc Oxidase Gene. Plant Cell Reports 25:198-205.
Ergun, M., Huber, D.J., Bartz, J.A. 2006. Suppression of ethylene sensitivity prolongs shelf life and quality of fresh-cut ripe papaya fruit. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 131:97-103.
Mao, L-C., Que, F., Huber, D.J. 2006. Physiological properties of fresh-cut watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in response to suppression of ethylene perception and post-processing calcium application. J. Sci. Food Agric. 86:46-53.