Ripening-associated biochemical traits of Cantaloupe Charentais melons expressing an antisense ACC oxidase transgene

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 748-751

  Guis, Monique ^a   Botondi, Rinaldo ^a   Ben Amor, Mohamed ^a   Ayub, Ricardo ^a,b   Bouzayen, Mondher ^a   Pech, Jean Claude ^a   Latché, Alain ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF PONTA GROSSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acidity; Color; Cucumis melo cantalupensis; Ethylene; Firmness; Sugars; Transgenic melon

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; MELO;

EID: 0030663339     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.122.6.748     Document Type: Article

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