Interaction between photoperiod, photosynthesis and ethylene formation in tomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum cv. Ailsa Craig and ACC-oxidase antisense pTOM13)

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 363-368

  Jensen, E B ^a   Veierskov, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Chlorosis; Ethylene; Light stress; Lycopersicon esculentum; Photosynthetic pigments; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE TECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ETHYLENE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT METABOLISM; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0031877911     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1998.1030309.x     Document Type: Article

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