Genetic regulation of fruit development and ripening

Plant Cell

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Giovannoni, James J ^a  

^a United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

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EID: 2942690153     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.019158     Document Type: Review

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