Low-temperature-modulated fruit ripening is independent of ethylene in 'Sanuki Gold' kiwifruit

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 963-971

  Mworia, Eric G ^a   Yoshikawa, Takashi ^a   Salikon, Nadiah ^a   Oda, Chisato ^a   Asiche, William O ^a   Yokotani, Naoki ^a   Abe, Daigo ^a   Ushijima, Koichiro ^a   Nakano, Ryohei ^a   Kubo, Yasutaka ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 MCP; Ethylene; fruit ripening; kiwifruit; low temperature

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; EXPANSIN PROTEIN, PLANT; MESSENGER RNA; POLYGALACTURONASE; PROPYLENE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACTINIDIA; ARTICLE; COLD; DRUG EFFECT; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

ACTINIDIA; ALKENES; COLD TEMPERATURE; CYCLOPROPANES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYGALACTURONASE; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

ACTINIDIA; ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA;

EID: 84855897055     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err324     Document Type: Article

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