Regulation of tomato fruit ascorbate content is more highly dependent on fruit irradiance than leaf irradiance

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 495-504

  Gautier, Hélène ^a   Massot, Capucine ^a   Stevens, Rebecca ^b   Sérino, Sylvie ^a   Génard, Michel ^a  

^a Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

^b Researches Center of Avignon   (France)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Fruit quality; Irradiance; Shading; Solanum lycopersicon; Sugars; Tomato; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; HARVESTING; IRRADIANCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RIPENING; SHADING; SUGAR; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; LIGHT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; TOMATO;

ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATES; FRUIT; LIGHT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PIGMENTATION; PLANT LEAVES; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM VAR. CERASIFORME; SOLANUM;

EID: 58849113010     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn233     Document Type: Article

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