Differences in acidity of apples are probably mainly caused by a malic acid transporter gene on LG16

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 475-487

  Khan, Sabaz Ali ^a   Beekwilder, Jules ^a   Schaart, Jan G ^a   Mumm, Roland ^a   Soriano, Jose Miguel ^a,b   Jacobsen, Evert ^a   Schouten, Henk J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Inova Fruit BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acidity; Apple; Ma1; Malic acid transporter; Malus domestica; pH

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84875210252     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-012-0571-y     Document Type: Article

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