Cell wall structures leading to cultivar differences in softening rates develop early during apple (Malus x domestica) fruit growth

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ng, Jovyn K T ^a,b   Schröder, Roswitha ^b   Sutherland, Paul W ^b   Hallett, Ian C ^b   Hall, Miriam I ^b   Prakash, Roneel ^b   Smith, Bronwen G ^a   Melton, Laurence D ^a   Johnston, Jason W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Apple; Cell adhesion; Cell wall; Fruit firmness; Immunofluorescence labelling; Microstructure; Pectin

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALUS; METABOLISM;

CELL WALL; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MALUS;

EID: 84887776806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-183     Document Type: Article

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