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Ethylene Biosynthesis and its Regulation in Ripening “Hayward” Kiwifruit

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Ethylene plays a crucial role in ripening of kiwifruit, and the elucidation of the controlling factors in ethylene biosynthesis is important in prolonging the storage life and keeping the fruit quality during the handling operations.

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  1. Laboratory of Pomology, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 540 06, Thessaloniki, Greece

    E. Sfakiotakis, M. D. Antunes, G. Stavroulakis, N. Niklis, P. Ververidis & D. Gerasopoulos

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  1. Institute of Viticulture Vegetable Crops & Floriculture, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    A. K. Kanellis

  2. Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology — Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    A. K. Kanellis

  3. Department of Plant Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

    C. Chang

  4. MSU-DOE, Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

    H. Kende

  5. BBSRC Research Group in Plant Gene Regulation, Department of Physiology and Environmental Science, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, UK

    D. Grierson

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Sfakiotakis, E., Antunes, M.D., Stavroulakis, G., Niklis, N., Ververidis, P., Gerasopoulos, D. (1997). Ethylene Biosynthesis and its Regulation in Ripening “Hayward” Kiwifruit. In: Kanellis, A.K., Chang, C., Kende, H., Grierson, D. (eds) Biology and Biotechnology of the Plant Hormone Ethylene. NATO ASI Series, vol 34. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5546-5_7

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