Fruit size: Towards an understanding of the metabolic control of fruit growth using avocado as a model system

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 127-136

  Cowan, A K ^a   Cripps, R F ^a   Richings, E W ^a   Taylor, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE OXIDASE; AVOCADO; BIOPROCESS; CARBOHYDRATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; ISOPRENOID; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT MODEL; PROTEIN KINASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIZE;

EID: 0034772504     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.2001.1110201.x     Document Type: Article

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