Effects of 1-methylcyclopropene and naphthaleneacetic acid on fruit set and expression of genes related to ethylene biosynthesis and perception and cell wall degradation in apple

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 402-409

  Zhu, Hong ^a   Yuan, Rongcaiu ^a   Greene, Duane W ^b   Beers, Eric P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

1 MCP; Abscission; Ethylene receptor; Malus domestica; NAA; Polygalacturonase

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 77957694634     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.135.5.402     Document Type: Article

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