Mechanism of ethylene production during fruit ripening in Asian pears

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 587, Issue , 2002, Pages 497-504

  Itai, A ^a   Tanabe, K ^a   Tamura, F ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACC oxidase; ACC synthase; Ethylene; Fruit ripening; Marker assisted selection; Pyrus pyrifolia; RFLP marker; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444370480     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.587.64     Document Type: Conference Paper

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