Dissecting a QTL into candidate genes highlighted the key role of pectinesterases in regulating the ascorbic acid content in tomato fruit

Plant Genome

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Ruggieri, Valentino ^a   Sacco, Adriana ^a   Calafiore, Roberta ^a   Frusciante, Luigi ^a   Barone, Amalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON PENNELLII; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM;

EID: 84937013058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3835/plantgenome2014.08.0038     Document Type: Article

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