The role of auxin and gibberellin in tomato fruit set

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1523-1532

  De Jong, Maaike ^a,b   Mariani, Celestina ^a   Vriezen, Wim H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Nunhems Netherlands BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Auxin; Fruit set; Gibberellin; Parthenocarpy; Tomato

Indexed keywords

GIBBERELLIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOMATO;

FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 77949397618     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp094     Document Type: Article

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