Molecular regulation of fruit ripening

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Osorio, Sonia ^a,b   Scossa, Federico ^a,c   Fernie, Alisdair R ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c Centro di Ricerca per l'Orticoltura   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climacteric fruit; Hormones; Non climacteric fruit; Regulation; Ripening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891063770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00198     Document Type: Review

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