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Engineering melon plants with improved fruit shelf life using the TILLING approach.
PloS one - 30 Dec 2010
Dahmani-Mardas Fatima, Troadec Christelle, Boualem Adnane, Lévêque Sylvie, Alsadon Abdullah A, Aldoss Abdullah A, Dogimont Catherine, Bendahmane Abdelhafid
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BACKGROUND: Fruit ripening and softening are key traits that have an effect on food supply, fruit nutritional value and consequently, human health. Since ethylene induces ripening of climacteric fruit, it is one of the main targets to control fruit over ripening that leads to fruit softening and deterioration. The characterization of the ethylene pathway in Arabidopsis and tomato identified key genes that control...
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