The characteristics of carotenoid biosynthesis in citrus fruit

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-16

  Ikoma, Yoshinori ^a   Matsumoto, Hikaru ^a   Kato, Masaya ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cryptoxanthin; DNA marker; Ethylene; Gene expression; Satsuma mandarin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893402711     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6090/jarq.48.9     Document Type: Review

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