Genetic and molecular regulation of fruit and plant domestication traits in tomato and pepper

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3841-3852

  Paran, Ilan ^a   Van Der Knaap, Esther ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestication; Orthology; Pepper; Tomato

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

DOMESTICATION; ORTHOLOGY; PEPPER; TOMATO;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGRICULTURE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PEPPER; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TOMATO;

AGRICULTURE; CAPSICUM; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 37549042772     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm257     Document Type: Review

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