Recent Advances in Phytohormone Regulation of Apple-Fruit Ripening
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Ethylene
3. Auxins
4. Jasmonates
5. Brassinosteroids
6. Abscisic Acid
7. Gibberellins
8. Conclusions and Perspectives
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Chicago/Turabian StyleJi, Yinglin, and Aide Wang. 2021. "Recent Advances in Phytohormone Regulation of Apple-Fruit Ripening" Plants 10, no. 10: 2061. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10102061