Anthocyanin tomato mutants:Overview and characterization of an anthocyanin-less somaclonal mutant

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 436-444

  Al Sane, K O ^a   Povero, G ^a   Perata, P ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Gene expression; Solanum lycopersicum l.; Sucrose; Tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 79960682543     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2010.548914     Document Type: Article

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