Genetic engineering of tomato fruit for sustained accumulation of polyamines during ripening to study their physiological role(s)

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 575, Issue , 2002, Pages 157-161

  Mattoo, Autar ^a   Cassol, Tatiana ^a   Mehta, Roshni ^a   Ali, Nasreen ^a   Abdul Baki, Aref ^a   Handa, Avtar ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Ethylene; Lycopene; Plant hormones; Polyamines; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548616315     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.575.15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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