Apple fruitlet ethylene evolution and MdACO1, MdACS5A, and MdACS5B expression after application of naphthaleneacetic acid, 6-benzyladenine, ethephon, or shading

HortScience

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1381-1386

  Kolarič, Jure ^a   Pleško, Irena Mavrič ^a   Tojnko, Stanislav ^b   Stopar, Matej ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Abscission; Ethylene; Gene expression; Malus domestica borkh; qPCR

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 80054859185     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.46.10.1381     Document Type: Article

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