Use of network analysis to capture key traits affecting tomato organoleptic quality

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3379-3386

  Carli, Paola ^a   Arima, Serena ^b   Fogliano, Vincenzo ^a   Tardella, Luca ^b   Frusciante, Luigi ^a   Ercolano, Maria R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flavour; Metabolic profiling; Network analysis; Sensory analysis; Tomato

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; TOMATO;

AMINO ACIDS; FRUIT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 68949098585     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp177     Document Type: Article

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