Allelic structures of UDP-glucose:limonoid glucosyltransferase affect limonoid bitterness in Citrus unshiu and C. sinensis

Euphytica

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-94

  Kita, Masayuki ^a   Endo, Tomoko ^a   Shimada, Takehiko ^a   Moriguchi, Takaya ^a   Hirata, Yutaka ^b   Hasegawa, Shin ^c   Omura, Mitsuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allele; Citrus; Genetic marker; Glucosyltransferase; Limonoid

Indexed keywords

CITRUS NOBILIS; CITRUS SINENSIS; CITRUS UNSHIU; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0042203668     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024603114997     Document Type: Article

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