The control of chlorophyll levels in maturing kiwifruit

Planta

Volumn 236, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1615-1628

  Pilkington, Sarah M ^a,b   Montefiori, Mirco ^a   Jameson, Paula E ^b   Allan, Andrew C ^a,c  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Actinidia; De greening; Senescence; Stay green

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACTINIDIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACTINIDIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLOROPHYLL; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOBACCO;

ACTINIDIA; ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; CHRYSOGONUM VIRGINIANUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84868089274     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-012-1723-x     Document Type: Article

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