Survey of the expression of genes for ethylene synthesis and perception during maturation and ripening of 'Sunrise' and 'Golden Delicious' apple fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 204-211

  Wiersma, Paul A ^a   Zhang, Huayuan ^b   Lu, Changwen ^a   Quail, Anita ^a   Toivonen, Peter M A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b National Engineering and Technology Research Centre for Agricultural Product Freshness   (China)

Author keywords

Ethylene receptor genes; Malus x domestica Borkh.; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 34047156167     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2006.12.016     Document Type: Article

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