A comparative study of cultivar differences in sucrose phosphate synthase gene expression and sucrose formation during banana fruit ripening

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-24

  Choudhury, Swarup Roy ^a   Roy, Sujit ^a   Sengupta, Dibyendu N ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Ethylene responsive element; Promoter; Sucrose; Sucrose phosphate synthase

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949118685     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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