Effects of fruit load, shading, and 9,10-ketol-octadecadienoic acid (KODA) application on MdTFL1 and MdFT1 genes in apple buds

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-81

  Kittikorn, M ^a   Okawa, K ^a   Ohara, H ^a   Kotoda, N ^b   Wada, M ^b   Yokoyama, M ^c   Ifuku, O ^c   Yoshida, S ^d   Kondo, S ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c SHISEIDO RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^d RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

9,10 Ketol octadecadienoic acid (KODA); Gibberellic acid (GA); Malus domestica; MdFT1; MdTFL1

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 79955024106     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-010-9538-x     Document Type: Article

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