Lines of lettuce selected for ethylene insensitivity at the seedling stage displayed variable responses to ethylene or wounding as mature heads

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-283

  Saltveit, Mikal E ^a   Ochoa, Oswaldo ^a   Campos Vargas, Reinaldo ^a,b   Michelmore, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll loss; Induced respiration; Mutation; Phenylalanine ammonia lyase; Wound responses

Indexed keywords

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 0037364588     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(02)00119-9     Document Type: Article

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