Flavonoid genes of pear (Pyrus communis)

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 521-529

  Fischer, Thilo C ^a   Gosch, Christian ^b   Pfeiffer, Judith ^a   Halbwirth, Heidrun ^b   Halle, Christian ^a   Stich, Karl ^b   Forkmann, Gert ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Flavonoids; Pear (Pyrus communis); Polyphenols; Rosaceae

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; ENZYMES; PHYSIOLOGY;

FLAVONOIDS; PEAR (PYRUS COMMUNIS); POLYPHENOLS; ROSACEAE;

GENES;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS; ROSACEAE;

EID: 36148973885     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-007-0145-z     Document Type: Article

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