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Candidate genes and QTLs for fruit ripening and softening in melon.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Feb 2008
Moreno Eduard, Obando Javier M, Dos-Santos Noelia, Fernández-Trujillo J Pablo, Monforte Antonio J, Garcia-Mas Jordi
Abstract excerpt
Different factors affect the quality of melon fruit and among them long shelf life is critical from the consumer's point of view. In melon, cultivars showing both climacteric and non-climacteric ripening types are found. In this study we have investigated climacteric ripening and fruit softening using a collection of near-isogenic lines (NILs) derived from the non-climacteric melon parental lines PI 161375 (SC)...
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