Changes in carbohydrates and carbohydrate metabolizing enzymes during watermelon fruit set

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 871, Issue , 2010, Pages 313-318

  Nie, Lanchun ^a   Cui, Jifang ^a   Zhang, Xueying ^a   Di, Bao ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

Author keywords

Galactosidase; Fruit set; Ovary; Sucrose metabolism enzymes; Sugar; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 78650910263     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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