Isolation of anthocyanin biosynthetic genes in red Chinese sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai) and their expression as affected by organ/tissue, cultivar, bagging and fruit side

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 136, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-37

  Yu, Bo ^a   Zhang, Dong ^a   Huang, Chunhui ^b   Qian, Minjie ^a   Zheng, Xiaoyan ^a   Teng, Yuanwen ^a   Su, Jun ^c   Shu, Qun ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS   (China)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin accumulation; Bagging; Gene cloning; Gene expression; Pyrus pyrifolia

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOACCUMULATION; CLONAL GROWTH; CULTIVAR; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIGHT EFFECT; MATURATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PIGMENT; SELECTIVE BREEDING;

CHINA;

PYRUS; PYRUS PYRIFOLIA;

EID: 84863138250     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.12.026     Document Type: Article

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