Watermelon lycopene β-cyclase: promoter characterization leads to the development of a PCR marker for allelic selection

Euphytica

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 363-378

  Bang, Haejeen ^a   Yi, Gangman ^b   Kim, Sunggil ^c   Leskovar, Daniel ^d   Patil, Bhimanagouda ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Citrullus lanatus; Lycopene cyclase; Molecular marker; Promoter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939878227     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-014-1158-5     Document Type: Article

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