Sucrose metabolism and fruit growth in parthenocarpic vs seeded blueberry (Vaccinium ashei) fruits

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 439-446

  Cano Medrano, Raquel ^a   Darnell, Rebecca L ^b  

^a Monticell Texcoco ^*  (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blueberry; carbohydrate metabolism; fruit growth; gibberellic acid; invertase; sucrose phosphate synthase; sucrose synthase; Vaccinium ashei

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM ASHEI;

EID: 0030946026     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.990312.x     Document Type: Article

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