Involvement of ethylene biosynthesis and signalling in fruit set and early fruit development in zucchini squash (Cucurbita pepo L.)

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Martínez, Cecilia ^a   Manzano, Susana ^a   Megías, Zoraida ^a   Garrido, Dolores ^b   Picó, Belén ^c   Jamilena, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Auxin; Cucurbita pepo; Ethylene; Fruit set; Gene expression; Parthenocarpy

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITA PEPO; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO;

2,3,5-TRIIODOBENZOIC ACID; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IODOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SQUASH;

CUCURBITA; ETHYLENES; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; POLLINATION; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 84884303844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-139     Document Type: Article

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