Indole-3-acetic acid, ethylene, and abscisic acid metabolism in developing muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) fruit

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-54

  Dunlap, J R ^a   Slovin, J P ^b   Cohen, J D ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumis melo; flowering; fruit ripening; plant hormones; senescence

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS MELO; MELO;

EID: 0029765087     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00024401     Document Type: Article

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