Ethylene production, shelf-life and evidence of RFLP polymorphisms linked to ethylene genes in melon (Cucumis melo L.)

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 613-624

  Zheng, X Y ^a   Wolff, D W ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sakata Seed Ibérica SLU   (United States)

Author keywords

ACC oxidase; ACC synthase; Ethylene production rate; Fruit ripening; Melon (Cucumis melo L.); Postharvest fruit decay; RFLP; Shelf life; SSR

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANE 1 CARBOXYLATE SYNTHASE; ALLELE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CULTIVAR; ETHYLENE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; MOLECULAR SIZE; PRODUCTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

ANANAS; ANANAS COMOSUS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; EMBRYOPHYTA; MELO;

EID: 0033796270     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220051523     Document Type: Article

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