Candidate genes and quantitative trait loci affecting fruit ascorbic acid content in three tomato populations

Plant Physiology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1943-1953

  Stevens, Rebecca ^a   Buret, Michel ^b   Duffé, Philippe ^a   Garchery, Cécile ^a   Baldet, Pierre ^c   Rothan, Christophe ^c   Causse, Mathilde ^a  

^a Researches Center of Avignon   (France)

^b UMR A 408 INRA University of Avignon   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GENES; NUTRITION; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CULTIVATED TOMATOES; LYCOPERSICUM; SOLANUM HABROCHAITES; SOLANUM PENNELLII;

CROPS;

ASCORBIC ACID; CULTIVATION; GENES; PLANTS; TOMATOES;

LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM VAR. CERASIFORME; LYCOPERSICON HIRSUTUM; LYCOPERSICON PENNELLII; SOLANUM;

EID: 34249812680     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.091413     Document Type: Article

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