Biologically active gibberellins and abscisic acid in fruit of two late-maturing Japanese pear cultivars with contrasting fruit size

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 452-458

  Zhang, Caixi ^a,b   Tanabe, Kenji ^b   Tani, Hiroko ^b   Nakajima, Hiromitsu ^b   Mori, Minori ^b   Sakuno, Emi ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ABA; Fruit development; GAs; GC MS SIM; Pyrus pyrifolia; Quantification

Indexed keywords

PYRUS; PYRUS PYRIFOLIA; PYRUS PYRIFOLIA VAR. CULTA;

EID: 34250613130     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.132.4.452     Document Type: Article

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