Fruit self-thinning: A trait to consider for genetic improvement of apple tree

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Celton, Jean Marc ^a,c   Kelner, Jean Jacques ^a   Martinez, Sébastien ^a   Bechti, Abdel ^b   Touhami, Amina Khelifi ^a   James, Marie José ^b   Durel, Charles Eric ^c   Laurens, François ^c   Costes, Evelyne ^a  

^a UMR AGAP   (France)

^b Unité de Micropropagation   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCISSION; ARTICLE; FRUIT SELF THINNING; FRUITING; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRAIT; HEREDITY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALUS DOMESTICA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT NUTRITION; PLANT RESPONSE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SHOOT; STARVATION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; XYLEM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTIG MAPPING; CROSS BREEDING; FRUIT; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALUS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENE; TREE;

CONTIG MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; FRUIT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; MALUS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PLANT BREEDING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TREES; XYLEM;

EID: 84898754044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091016     Document Type: Article

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