A dynamic interplay between phytohormones is required for fruit development, maturation, and ripening

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  McAtee, Peter ^a,b   Karim, Siti ^a,b   Schaffer, Robert ^a,b   David, Karine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fruit development; Hormonal regulation; Ripening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894239129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00079     Document Type: Review

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