Aminoethoxyvinylglycine effects on late-season apple fruit maturation

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-161

  Silverman, F Paul ^a   Petracek, Peter D ^a   Noll, Michael R ^a   Warrior, Prem ^a  

^a Valent BioSciences Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Fruit maturation; Fruit ripening; Starch mobilization

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; FRUCTOSE; HARVESTING; STARCH;

AMINOETHOXYVINYLGLYCINE (AVG); APPLE FRUIT MATURATION; ETHYLENE SYNTHESIS; STARCH MOBILIZATION;

FRUITS;

APPLES; ETHYLENE; FRUCTOSE; HARVESTING; STARCH;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 18444380291     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GROW.0000040113.05826.d2     Document Type: Article

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