Transcriptomics of shading-induced and NAA-induced abscission in apple (Malus domestica) reveals a shared pathway involving reduced photosynthesis, alterations in carbohydrate transport and signaling and hormone crosstalk

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zhu, Hong ^a   Dardick, Chris D ^b   Beers, Eric P ^a   Callanhan, Ann M ^b   Xia, Rui ^a   Yuan, Rongcai ^a  

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

^b APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

ARYLACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DARKNESS; DNA MICROARRAY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALUS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DARKNESS; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MALUS; NAPHTHALENEACETIC ACIDS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT LEAVES; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 80054060661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-11-138     Document Type: Article

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