Multiple microscopic approaches demonstrate linkage between chromoplast architecture and carotenoid composition in diverse Capsicum annuum fruit

Plant Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1074-1083

  Kilcrease, James ^a   Collins, Aaron M ^b   Richins, Richard D ^a   Timlin, Jerilyn A ^b   O'Connell, Mary A ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsicum annuum; carotenoids; chromoplast; electron microscopy; hyperspectral confocal Raman microscopy; pericarp; technical advance

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMOPLAST; CONFOCAL RAMAN MICROSCOPY; PERICARP; TECHNICAL ADVANCES;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRUITS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PIGMENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CHROMOPLAST; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRUIT; HYPERSPECTRAL CONFOCAL RAMAN MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEPPER; PERICARP; PHENOTYPE; PLASTID; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TECHNICAL ADVANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMOPLAST; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYPERSPECTRAL CONFOCAL RAMAN MICROSCOPY; PERICARP; TECHNICAL ADVANCE;

CAPSICUM; CAROTENOIDS; FRUIT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASTIDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84890311392     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12351     Document Type: Article

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