The role of ethylene in regulating cell wall-degrading enzyme activity using antisense ACC-oxidase in cantaloupe melons

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 510, Issue , 2000, Pages 471-477

  Botondi, Rinaldo ^a   Cardarelli, Maria Teresa ^a   Mencarelli, Fabio ^a  

^a Istituto di Tecnologia Agroalimentaria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell wall degrading enzymes; Cucumis melo; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001278645     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2000.510.74     Document Type: Conference Paper

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