Identification and characterization of genes involved in the fruit color development of european plum

• Main Authors: Selvaraj, Dineshkumar, Sherif, Sherif, Pak Dek, Mohd Sabri, Paliyath, Gopinadhan, El-Sharkawy, Islam, Subramanian, Jayasankar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Horticultural Science 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54475/1/Identification%20and%20characterization%20of%20genes%20involved%20in%20the%20fruit%20color%20development%20of%20european%20plum.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54475/; http://journal.ashspublications.org/content/141/5/467.short
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

European plum fruit (Prunus domestica) are normally blue-black to dark purple. However, some genotypes remain green/yellow after ripening. We hypothesized that in such genotypes anthocyanin biosynthesis is genetically disturbed. To examine this hypothesis, six european plum genotypes with diverse fr...