●Chapter 1 Ligninassociated Genes Expression Pattern in Pear Fruit
I Introduction
II Materials and Methods
III Results
IV Discussion
Chapter 2 The Expression Pattern of Seven PcEXPA Genes of ‘Chili’ and ‘Whangkeumbae’ Pear during Fruit tharvest Storage
I Introduction
II Materials and Methods
III Results
IV Discussion
Chapter 3 Effects of Preharvest Calcium Treatment on the Storage Characters of Hard End Whangkeumbae Pear and the Expression Analysis of PpEXPA2
I Introduction
II Materials and Methods
III Results and Analysis
IV Discussion
Chapter 4 Altering PpCAD2 and PpEXP2 Gene Expression Impacts Lignification in Transgenic Tobacco Plants
I Introduction
II Materials and Methods
III Results
IV Discussion
V Conclusions
Chapter 5 The Heterologous Expression of PpCAD2 in Tomato ‘MicroTom’ Verified Its Function in Affecting Lignin Content
I Introduction
II Materials and Methods
III Results and Discussion
IV Conclusions
Chapter 6 PpNAC187 Was Involved in the Lignin Synthesis in ‘Whangkeumbae’ Pear (Pyrus pyrifolia)Fruit
I Introduction
II Materials and Methods
III Results
IV Discussion
Chapter 7 Effect of Preharvest Bagging on Fruit Storage Characteristics of ‘Chili’ Pear Fruit
I Introduction
II Materials and Methods
III Results and Discussion
IV Conclusions
Chapter 8 The Gene Cloning and Analysis of Expression Pattern of Endoβ1,4glucanase Gene during ‘Chili’ Pear Fruit Development and Maturation
I Introduction
II Results and Analysis
III Discussion
IV Conclusions
Chapter 9 Expression of Two Endo1,4βglucanase Genes during Fruit Ripening and Softening of Two Pear Varieties
I Introduction
II Materials and Methods
III Results
IV Discussion
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