New Evidence for the Role of Ethylene in Strawberry Fruit Ripening

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 461-470

  Sun, Jing Hua ^a   Luo, Jing Jing ^a   Tian, Lin ^a   Li, Chun Li ^a   Xing, Yu ^a   Shen, Yuan Yue ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (China)

Author keywords

Constitutive triple response 1 (CTR1); Ethylene; S adenosyl l methionine synthetase (SAMS); Strawberry fruit ripening; Virus induced gene silencing (VIGS)

Indexed keywords

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TOBACCO RATTLE VIRUS;

EID: 84881256999     PISSN: 07217595     EISSN: 14358107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00344-012-9312-6     Document Type: Article

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