Comprehensive QTL mapping survey dissects the complex fruit texture physiology in apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.).

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1107-1121

  Longhi, Sara ^a   Moretto, Marco ^a   Viola, Roberto ^a   Velasco, Riccardo ^a   Costa, Fabrizio ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apple fruit texture; cell wall genes; ethylene; in silico gene mining; mechanical and acoustic components; phenomics; QTL mapping; transcription assay

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CELL WALL; FRUIT; GENETICS; MALUS; METABOLISM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW;

CELL WALL; FRUIT; MALUS; PLANT PROTEINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

LYCORIS SQUAMIGERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; OENOTHERA SPECIOSA;

EID: 84856840575     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err326     Document Type: Review

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