A NAC transcription factor, EjNAC1, affects lignification of loquat fruit by regulating lignin

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-31

  Xu, Qian ^a   Wang, Wenqiu ^a   Zeng, Jiaoke ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Grierson, Donald ^a,b   Li, Xian ^a   Yin, Xueren ^a   Chen, Kunsong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fruit lignification; Loquat NAC; Low temperature storage

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84923378375     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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