Melatonin promotes ripening and improves quality of tomato fruit during postharvest life

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 657-668

  Sun, Qianqian ^a   Zhang, Na ^a   Wang, Jinfang ^a   Zhang, Haijun ^a   Li, Dianbo ^a   Shi, Jin ^a   Li, Ren ^a   Weeda, Sarah ^b   Zhao, Bing ^a   Ren, Shuxin ^b   Guo, Yang Dong ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Gene expression; Melatonin; Postharvest; Ripening; Tomato

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; LYCOPENE; MELATONIN; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT PROTEIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRUIT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TOMATO; UPREGULATION;

CAROTENOIDS; CELL WALL; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MELATONIN; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84924700473     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru332     Document Type: Article

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