Title: Fruit set, development and maturation: litchi.
Abstract: <title>Abstract</title> This chapter discusses the following aspects of fruit development and maturation in litchi (<italic>Litchi chinensis</italic>): embryology, histology and organogenesis; types of fruit; fruit growth stages; fruit abscission; role of growth regulators (auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, abscisic acid and ethylene) in fruit development; and changes in sugars, acids, nutrient uptake and colour during fruit maturation.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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