Distribution of MdACS3 null alleles in apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) and its relevance to the fruit ripening characters

Breeding Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-52

  Bai, Songling ^a,b   Wang, Aide ^a,b,e   Igarashi, Megumi ^c   Kon, Tomoyuki ^c   Fukasawa Akada, Tomoko ^c   Li, Tianzhong ^d   Harada, Takeo ^a,b   Hatsuyama, Yoshimichi ^c  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Local Independent Administrative Institution Aomori Prefectural Industrial Technology Research Center Fisheries Research Institute   (Japan)

^d CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allelotypes; Apple; Breeding; Ethylene; MdACS3; Ripening

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84863350493     PISSN: 13447610     EISSN: 13473735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.62.46     Document Type: Article

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