Tomato ACS4 is necessary for timely start of and progression through the climacteric phase of fruit ripening

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Hoogstrate, Suzanne W ^a   van Bussel, Lambertus J A ^a   Cristescu, Simona M ^a   Cator, Eric ^a   Mariani, Celestina ^a   Vriezen, Wim H ^b   Rieu, Ivo ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Molecular Breeding Bayer Crop Science Vegetable Seeds   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ACS2; ACS4; Climacteric fruit ripening; Ethylene; RIN; Tomato

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908215686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00466     Document Type: Article

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