Manipulation of fruit ripening by genetic modification

Transgenic Plant Research

Volumn , Issue , 2022, Pages 109-124

  Grierson, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Fruit quality; Gene silencing; Senescence; Tomato

Indexed keywords

EID: 85127624955     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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