Inheritance of the Md-ACS1 gene and its relationship to fruit softening in apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.)

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1526-1533

  Oraguzie, N C ^a,c   Iwanami, H ^a   Soejima, J ^a   Harada, T ^b   Hall, A ^c  

^a National Agriculture and Food Research Organization   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FRUITS; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BREEDING; FRUIT RIPENING; PARENTAL SELECTION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; APPLE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HARDNESS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEEDLING; TIME;

ALLELES; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENES, PLANT; GENOTYPE; HARDNESS; MALUS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; SEASONS; SEEDLING; TIME FACTORS;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 2942700213     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-003-1574-8     Document Type: Article

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