Apple (Malus domestica L. Borkh) as an emerging model for fruit development

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 157-168

  Eccher, G ^a   Ferrero, S ^b   Populin, F ^a   Colombo, L ^b   Botton, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early development; fruitlet abscission; maturation; ripening

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84898059480     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2013.870254     Document Type: Article

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