Parthenocarpic potential in Capsicum annuum L. is enhanced by carpelloid structures and controlled by a single recessive gene

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tiwari, Aparna ^a   Vivian Smith, Adam ^b,d   Voorrips, Roeland E ^a   Habets, Myckel E J ^b   Xue, Lin B ^c   Offringa, Remko ^b   Heuvelink, Ep ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTATION; OVULE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PEPPER; POLLEN; RECESSIVE GENE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CAPSICUM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; OVULE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN;

EID: 80054758483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-11-143     Document Type: Article

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