Investigation of ascorbate metabolism during inducement of storage disorders in pear

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-134

  Cascia, Giuseppe ^a   Bulley, Sean M ^b   Punter, Matthew ^b   Bowen, Judith ^b   Rassam, Maysoon ^b   Schotsmans, Wendy C ^a,c   Larrigaudière, Christian ^a   Johnston, Jason W ^b  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

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

^c JANSSEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBATE OXIDASE; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE DEHYDROGENASE (ASCORBATE); OXIDOREDUCTASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AIR; ARTICLE; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; FOOD STORAGE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PYRUS;

AIR; ASCORBATE OXIDASE; ASCORBIC ACID; COLD TEMPERATURE; FOOD STORAGE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PYRUS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS;

EID: 84872673495     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2012.01641.x     Document Type: Article

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