Ethylene and fruit ripening: from illumination gas to the control of gene expression, more than a century of discoveries
The effects of ethylene on plants have been recognized since the Nineteenth Century and it is widely known as the phytohormone responsible for fruit ripening and for its involvement in a number of plant growth and development processes. Elucidating the mechanisms involved in the ripening of climacte...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
2006-01-01
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| Series: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572006000300020 |