Differential expression of ethylene biosynthetic genes in climacteric and non-climacteric Chinese pear fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 220-227

  Yamane, Miki ^a   Abe, Daigo ^a   Yasui, Sayaka ^a   Yokotani, Naoki ^a   Kimata, Wataru ^a   Ushijima, Koichiro ^a   Nakano, Ryohei ^a   Kubo, Yasutaka ^a   Inaba, Akitsugu ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 MCP; Ethylene; Fruit ripening; MADS box gene; Pyrus bretschneideri; Wounding

Indexed keywords

PYRUS; PYRUS PYRIFOLIA; PYRUS X BRETSCHNEIDERI;

EID: 34047124848     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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