Effects of ethylene, cytokinin and physical treatments on BoPaO gene expression of harvested broccoli

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 151-158

  Gomez Lobato, Maria Eugenia ^a   Civello, Pedro M ^a,b   Martínez, Gustavo A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Broccoli; Chlorophyll degradation; Pheophorbide a oxygenase; Senescence

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CYTOKININ; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; OXYGENASE; PHEIDE A OXYGENASE; PHYTOHORMONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CELL AGING; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INFLORESCENCE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLANT GENE;

BRASSICA; CELL AGING; CHLOROPHYLL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOKININS; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; INFLORESCENCE; OXYGENASES; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA;

EID: 82855178794     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4555     Document Type: Article

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