The genetic basis of fruit morphology in horticultural crops: Lessons from tomato and melon

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 4625-4637

  Monforte, Antonio J ^a   Diaz, Aurora ^a   Caño Delgado, Ana ^b   Van Der Knaap, Esther ^c  

^a Universitat Politècnica de València   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidate gene; domestication; mapping; QTL; shape; size

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CROP; CUCURBITACEAE; FRUIT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TOMATO;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CUCURBITACEAE; FRUIT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT PROTEINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84902286529     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru017     Document Type: Review

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