Comparison of the expression of chlorophyll-degradation-related genes during ripening between stay-green and yellow-pear cultivars

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 181, Issue , 2015, Pages 89-94

  Charoenchongsuk, Nongluk ^a   Ikeda, Kazuo ^a   Itai, Akihiro ^b   Oikawa, Akira ^a   Murayama, Hideki ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll degradation; Fruit color; Pyrus communis L

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTIVAR; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; RIPENING;

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 84911430768     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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