Ethylene evolution and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase gene expression during early development and ripening of peach fruit

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 642-647

  Tonutti, Pietro ^a   Bonghi, Claudio ^a   Ruperti, Benedetto ^a   Tornielli, Giovanni Battista ^a   Ramina, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fruit growth; Prunus persica; Softening

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0030766304     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.122.5.642     Document Type: Article

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