A fiberless seed mutation in cotton is associated with lack of fiber cell initiation in ovule epidermis and alterations in sucrose synthase expression and carbon partitioning in developing seeds

Plant Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 399-406

  Ruan, Yong Ling ^a,c   Chourey, Prem S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U States Dept Agric Agric R   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 0000460235     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.118.2.399     Document Type: Article

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