Ethylene and auxin biosynthesis and signaling are impaired by methyl jasmonate leading to a transient slowing down of ripening in peach fruit

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1858-1865

  Soto, Alvaro ^a   Ruiz, Karina B ^a   Ziosi, Vanina ^a   Costa, Guglielmo ^a   Torrigiani, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Auxin; Ethylene; Fruit ripening; Methyl jasmonate; Prunus persica

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; MESSENGER RNA; OXYLIPIN; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRUNUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME; UPREGULATION;

ACETATES; CELL WALL; CYCLOPENTANES; DOWN-REGULATION; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; OXYLIPINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PRUNUS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 84868689234     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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