Accumulation of carotenoids and expression of carotenoid biosynthetic genes and carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase genes during fruit maturation in the juice sacs of 'Tamami,' 'Kiyomi' tangor, and 'Wilking' mandarin

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-111

  Kato, Masaya ^a,b   Matsumoto, Hikaru ^a   Ikoma, Yoshinori ^a   Kuniga, Takeshi ^a   Nakajima, Naoko ^a   Yoshida, Toshio ^a   Yano, Masamichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cryptoxanthin; 'Tamami'; Carotenoid; Citrus fruit maturation; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS DELICIOSA; CITRUS NOBILIS; CITRUS SINENSIS; CITRUS UNSHIU; KIYOMI TANGOR;

EID: 34249003715     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.76.103     Document Type: Article

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