Relationship between fruit cracking and expression of the expansin gene MdEXPA3 in 'Fuji' apples (Malus domestica Borkh.)

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 194-198

  Kasai, Satoshi ^a   Hayama, Hiroko ^b   Kashimura, Yoshiki ^b   Kudo, Satoshi ^a   Osanai, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a Aomori Prefectural Agriculture and Forestry Research Center   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

'Fuji' apples (Malus domestica Borkh.); Expansin gene expression; Fruit cracking; Fruit growth; Pericarp

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CROP PERFORMANCE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 40649087323     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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