Dosage effects of the three Wx genes on amylose synthesis in wheat endosperm

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1066-1070

  Miura, H ^a   Sugawara, A ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amylose synthesis; Aneuploid; Granule bound starch synthase; Triticum aestivum; Wx gene

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030457391     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00230126     Document Type: Article

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