Localization of calcium in the pericarp cells of tomato fruits during the development of blossom-end rot

Protoplasma

Volumn 222, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 149-156

  Suzuki, K ^a,b   Shono, M ^a   Egawa, Y ^a  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimonate method; Calcium deficiency; Lycopersicon esculentum; Necrosis; Plasma membrane; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; PLANT DISEASE; TOMATO;

CALCIUM; FRUIT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT DISEASES;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA;

EID: 0347028671     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-003-0018-2     Document Type: Article

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