Identification of a 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase gene linked to the female (F) locus that enhances female sex expression in cucumber

Plant Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 987-995

  Trebitsh, Tova ^a,c   Staub, Jack E ^b   O'Neill, Sharman D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 0031106269     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.3.987     Document Type: Article

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