Biochemistry of Fruit Ripening

The Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of Fruit Ripening

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-19

  Osorio, Sonia ^a   Fernie, Alisdair R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Cell metabolism; Central carbon metabolism; Ethylene; Fruit ripening; Polyamines; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889302844     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118593714.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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