Class II chitinase accumulated in the bark tissue involves with the cold hardiness of shoot stems in highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.)

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 230-236

  Kikuchi, Takashi ^a   Masuda, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Cryoprotective activity; Woody plants

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BARK; COLD TOLERANCE; DNA; ELECTROKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FRUIT; LOW TEMPERATURE; PROTEIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHOOT; STEM; WOODY PLANT;

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 60549093722     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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