Tomato fruit set driven by pollination or by the parthenocarpic fruit allele are mediated by transcriptionally regulated gibberellin biosynthesis

Planta

Volumn 226, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 877-888

  Olimpieri, Irene ^a   Siligato, Francesca ^a   Caccia, Riccardo ^a   Soressi, Gian Piero ^a   Mazzucato, Andrea ^a   Mariotti, Lorenzo ^b   Ceccarelli, Nello ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fruit set; GA 20 oxidase; Parthenocarpy; Tomato

Indexed keywords

GIBBERELLIC ACID; GIBBERELLIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TOMATO;

FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 34548047875     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-007-0533-z     Document Type: Article

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