UV-C radiation modifies the ripening and accumulation of ethylene response factor (ERF) transcripts in tomato fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-16

  Severo, Joseana ^a   Tiecher, Aline ^b   Pirrello, Jullien ^c   Regad, Farid ^c   Latché, Alain ^c   Pech, Jean Claude ^c   Bouzayen, Mondher ^c   Rombaldi, Cesar Valmor ^d  

^a Science and Technology) Farroupilha   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PAMPA   (Brazil)

^c GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

1 Methylcyclopropene; Abiotic stress; Ripening; Senescence; Solanum lycopersicum; Ultraviolet C

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84922597035     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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