Ethylene and α-farnesene metabolism in green and red skin of three apple cultivars in response to 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) treatment

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 5267-5276

  Tsantili, Eleni ^a,c   Gapper, Nigel E ^b,d   Apollo Arquiza, J M R ^a   Whitaker, Bruce D ^b   Watkins, Chris B ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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

Author keywords

farnesene synthesis; Apple; Conjugated trienes; Ethylene; Gene expression; Malus domestica; Physiological disorder; Superficial scald

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLCYCLOPROPENE; 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE; ALPHA FARNESENE; ALPHA-FARNESENE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APPLE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

CYCLOPROPANES; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; MALUS; SESQUITERPENES;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 34248542048     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf063775l     Document Type: Article

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