Cytokinin-Induced Parthenocarpic Fruit Development in Tomato Is Partly Dependent on Enhanced Gibberellin and Auxin Biosynthesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Ding, Jiangang ^a,c   Chen, Biwei ^a   Xia, Xiaojian ^a   Mao, Weihua ^a   Shi, Kai ^a   Zhou, Yanhong ^a   Yu, Jingquan ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(2 CHLORO 4 PYRIDYL) 3 PHENYLUREA; AUXIN; CYTOKININ; GIBBERELLIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID; PACLOBUTRAZOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FRESH WEIGHT; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOCARPY; PLANT GENE; POLLINATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGA20OX1 GENE; SIGA20OX2 GENE; SIGA3OX1 GENE; SIGPS GENE; TOFZY GENE; TOMATO;

CYTOKININS; FRUIT; GIBBERELLINS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYURETHANES; XANTHONES;

EID: 84880813322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070080     Document Type: Article

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