Physiological, biochemical and transcriptional analysis of onion bulbs during storage

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 819-831

  Chope, Gemma A ^a,b   Cools, Katherine ^a   Hammond, John P ^b   Thompson, Andrew J ^b   Terry, Leon A ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; dormancy; eco dormancy; endo dormancy; microarray; non structural carbohydrates; onion; phytohormones; post harvest storage; sprout suppression

Indexed keywords

6 N (3,3 DIMETHYLALLYL)ADENOSINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; PHYTOHORMONE; SUCROSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZEATIN RIBOSIDE;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBOHYDRATE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTIVAR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DORMANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; HERB; HORMONE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; FOOD STORAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; ONION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; TEMPERATURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

FOOD STORAGE; FRUCTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE; GREAT BRITAIN; ISOPENTENYLADENOSINE; ONIONS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT ROOTS; SUCROSE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 84857732507     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr318     Document Type: Article

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