Calcium partitioning and allocation and blossom-end rot development in tomato plants in response to whole-plant and fruit-specific abscisic acid treatments

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 235-247

  Tonetto De Freitas, Sergio ^a   McElrone, Andrew J ^b   Shackel, Kenneth A ^c   Mitcham, Elizabeth J ^c  

^a EMBRAPA SEMIÁRIDO   (Brazil)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ABA; apoplast; blossom end rot; leakage; membrane; xylem sap

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; CALCIUM;

ABA; APOPLAST; ARTICLE; BLOSSOM-END ROT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DRUG EFFECT; FLOWER; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEAKAGE; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; TOMATO; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; XYLEM; XYLEM SAP.;

ABA; APOPLAST; BLOSSOM-END ROT; LEAKAGE; MEMBRANE; XYLEM SAP.;

ABSCISIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CALCIUM; DEHYDRATION; FLOWERS; FRUIT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; XYLEM;

EID: 84892724582     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert364     Document Type: Article

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