Characterization of a giant-fruit mutant exhibiting fruit-limited polyploidization in pear (Pyrus communis L.)

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 170, Issue , 2014, Pages 196-202

  Isuzugawa, Kanji ^a   Murayama, Hideki ^b   Nishio, Takeshi ^c  

^a Yamagata General Agricultural Research Center   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bud sport mutant; Chimeric polyploidization; Endoreduplication; Fruit size; Pyrus communis L.

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; FRUIT; LEAF; MUTATION; POLYPLOIDY;

EID: 84896955508     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2014.03.009     Document Type: Article

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