Increase in fruit size of a spontaneous mutant of 'Gala' apple (Malus×domestica Borkh.) is facilitated by altered cell production and enhanced cell size

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3003-3013

  Malladi, Anish ^a,b   Hirst, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cell division; Cell expansion; Endoreduplication; Fruit growth; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

APPLE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; FRUIT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; MALUS;

CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE; CELL SIZE; FRUIT; MALUS; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 77954746411     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq134     Document Type: Article

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