Ethylene and Fruit Ripening

The Plant Hormone Ethylene

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 275-304

  Pech, Jean Claude ^a,b   Purgatto, Eduardo ^c   Bouzayen, Mondher ^a,b   Latché, Alain ^a,b  

^a GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ACC (1 aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylic acid) synthase; ACC oxidase; Climacteric; Ethylene receptors; Ethylene signalling; Ethylene response factors; Fruit ripening; Genetic determinism; Hormone crosstalk; Non climacteric

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948149540     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118223086.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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