Fruit-set and Early Fruit Growth in Tomato are Associated with Increases in Indoleacetic Acid, Cytokinin, and Bioactive Gibberellin Contents

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 405-415

  Mariotti, Lorenzo ^a   Picciarelli, Piero ^a   Lombardi, Lara ^a   Ceccarelli, Nello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ABA; Cytokinins; Fruit set; Gibberellins; IAA; Ovary; Parthenocarpy; Tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 80255136287     PISSN: 07217595     EISSN: 14358107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00344-011-9204-1     Document Type: Article

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