A TILLING allele of the tomato Aux/IAA9 gene offers new insights into fruit set mechanisms and perspectives for breeding seedless tomatoes

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mazzucato, Andrea ^a   Cellini, Francesco ^b   Bouzayen, Mondher ^c   Zouine, Mohamed ^c   Mila, Isabelle ^c   Minoia, Silvia ^b   Petrozza, Angelo ^b   Picarella, Maurizio E ^a   Ruiu, Fabrizio ^a   Carriero, Filomena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b ALSIA Centro Ricerche Metapontum Agrobios   (Italy)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Aux IAA transcription factors; Fruit set; Parthenocarpy; Solanum lycopersicum; TILLING; Tomato

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRANSCRIPTION;

AUX/IAA TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRUIT CROPS; FRUIT SETS; PARTHENOCARPY; SET MECHANISM; SINGLE BASIS; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM; TILLING; TOMATO;

FRUITS;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84921419422     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: 15729788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-015-0222-8     Document Type: Article

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