Comprehensive elemental analysis of fruit flesh from European pear 'La France' and its giant fruit bud mutant indicates specific roles for B and Ca in fruit development

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 176, Issue , 2014, Pages 255-260

  Reuscher, Stefan ^a   Isuzugawa, Kanji ^b   Kawachi, Miki ^a   Oikawa, Akira ^c   Shiratake, Katsuhiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yamagata Integrated Agricultural Research Center   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bud mutation; Corky spot disorder; Fruit development; Ionomics; Pyrus communis

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FRUIT; METAL; MUTATION; SHRUB;

EID: 84905217165     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2014.07.019     Document Type: Article

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