Cell wall metabolism in ripening fruit. VIII. Cell wall composition and synthetic capacity of two regions of the outer pericarp of mature green and red ripe cv. Jackpot tomatoes

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 314-322

  Huysamer, Marius ^a   Greve, L Carl ^b   Labavitch, John M ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

13C glucose; Cell wall synthesis; Cellulose; Hemicellulose; Lycopersicon esculentum; Pectin; Tomato

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030865595     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1010209.x     Document Type: Article

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