Allelotype of a Ripening-specific 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate Synthase Gene Defines the Rate of Fruit Drop in Apple

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-36

  Sato, Takashi ^a   Kudo, Tsuyoshi ^a   Akada, Tomoko ^a   Wakasa, Yuhya ^b   Niizeki, Minoru ^b   Harada, Takeo ^b  

^a Aomori Apple Experimental Station   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allelotype; Apple; Ethylene; Fruit drop; Malus; Ripening

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; MALUS; MALUS SYLVESTRIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0346120042     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.129.1.0032     Document Type: Article

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