Characterization of genes involved in the formation of aroma volatiles in 'Charentais' melon fruit

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 682, Issue , 2005, Pages 673-680

  Flores, F B ^a   Manriquez, D ^a   El Sharkawy, I ^a   Latche, A ^a   Pech, J C ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol acyl transferases; Cucumis melo; SPME GC FID analysis; Volatile esters; Yeast transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860496054     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.682.87     Document Type: Conference Paper

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