Regulation of tomato fruit ripening

CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Pirrello, Julien ^a,b   Regad, Farid ^a,b   Latché, Alain ^a,b   Pech, Jean Claude ^a,b   Bouzayen, Mondher ^a,b  

^a GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Climacteric; Ethylene signalling; Fruit ripening; Genetic regulation; Natural mutants; Tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 70449602355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PAVSNNR20094051     Document Type: Review

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