Recent advances in molecular events of fruit abscission

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-209

  Xie, R J ^a   Deng, L ^a   Jing, L ^a   He, S L ^a   Ma, Y T ^c   Yi, S L ^a   Zheng, Y Q ^a   Zheng, L ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

abscisic acid; cross talk; ethylene; gibberellic acid; indole acetic acid; jasmonic acid; polyamines; saccharides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876079255     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-012-0282-0     Document Type: Review

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