Injury to plant products by harvest and postharvest operations induces respiration rate and increases the demand for respiratory substrates. Alterations in primary carbon metabolism are likely to support the elevated demand for respiratory substrates, although the nature of these alterations is unknown. To gain insight into the metabolic changes that occur to provide substrates for wound-induce...

abstract in order to evaluate the effect of testa on reduction of fungal growth and aflatoxin b1 producthon, ten cultivars of pistachio were collected from different parts of pistachio belt i-e rafsanjan, damghan and ghazvin of iran. a section of testa and one mm of endosperm were scraped. 20 gr. of wounded kernels and 20 gr. of unwounded kernels were surface sterilized and then placed in petri...