Emission of volatile esters and transcription of ethylene- and aroma-related genes during ripening of 'Pingxiangli' pear fruit (Pyrus ussuriensis Maxim)

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 170, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-23

  Li, Guopeng ^a,b   Jia, Huijuan ^a   Li, Jihua ^b   Wang, Qiang ^c   Zhang, Maojun ^c   Teng, Yuanwen ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c JILIN ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Pyrus ussuriensis ester ethylene volatile compounds

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTER; ETHYLENE; FRUIT; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; RIPENING;

EID: 84896539889     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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