Is monodehydroascorbate reductase activity in leaf tissue critical for the maintenance of yield in tomato?

Vincent Truffault1, Gisèle Riqueau2, Cécile Garchery2

  • 1Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, INRA, UR1052, Génétique et Amélioration des Fruits et Légumes, CS60094, 84143 Montfavet, France; INRA, UR1115, Plantes et Systèmes de culture Horticoles, CS40509, 84914 Avignon Cedex 9, France.

Journal of Plant Physiology
|December 30, 2017
PubMed

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