Carotenoid accumulation and carotenogenic gene expression during fruit development in novel interspecific inbred squash lines and their parents

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 5936-5944

  Nakkanong, Korakot ^a,b   Yang, Jing Hua ^a,b   Zhang, Ming Fang ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

carotenoids; Cucurbita; fruit development; gene expression; interspecific inbred line

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID ACCUMULATION; CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS; CAROTENOIDS; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA; EXPRESSION LEVELS; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT RIPENING; INBRED LINE; QUANTITATIVE RT-PCR; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TOTAL CAROTENOIDS; TRANSCRIPTION LEVEL; TWO-LINE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; FRUITS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; HARDWOODS; TRANSCRIPTION;

PIGMENTS;

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA-CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; VIOLAXANTHIN; XANTHOPHYLL;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SQUASH;

BETA CAROTENE; BREEDING; CAROTENOIDS; CUCURBITA; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LUTEIN; XANTHOPHYLLS;

CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA;

EID: 84862164364     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf3007135     Document Type: Article

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