Profiling the expression of genes related to ethylene biosynthesis, ethylene perception, and cell wall degradation during fruit abscission and fruit ripening in apple

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 391-401

  Li, Jianguo ^a,b   Zhu, Hong ^a   Yuan, Rongcai ^a  

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

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ethylene receptor; Fruit abscission zone; Fruit cortex; Malus domestica; Polygalacturonase; 1,4 glucanase

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 77957697134     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.135.5.391     Document Type: Article

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