TY - JOUR AU - Martínez, Cecilia AU - Manzano, Susana AU - Megías, Zoraida AU - Garrido Garrido, Dolores AU - Picó, Belén AU - Jamilena, Manuel PY - 2013 SN - 1471-2229 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/32365 AB - Background We have identified a kind of parthenocarpy in zucchini squash which is associated with an incomplete andromonoecy, i.e. a partial conversion of female into bisexual flowers. Given that andromonoecy in this and other cucurbit species is... AB - Results We have compared the production of ethylene as well as the expression of 13 ethylene biosynthesis and signalling genes in pollinated and unpollinated ovaries/fruits of two cultivars, one of which is parthenocarpic (Cavili), while the other... AB - Conclusions Results demonstrate that a reduction of ethylene production or signalling in the zucchini flower is able to induce fruit set and early fruit development, and therefore that ethylene is actively involved in fruit set and early fruit... LA - eng PB - Biomed Central KW - Cucurbita pepo KW - Fruit set KW - Parthenocarpy KW - Ethylene KW - Gene expression KW - Auxin TI - Involvement of ethylene biosynthesis and signalling in fruit set and early fruit development in zucchini squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) DO - 10.1186/1471-2229-13-139 ER -