Effects of light on the accumulation of abscisic acid and expression of an early cysteine-labeled metallothionein gene in microspores of Triticum aestivum during induced embryogenic development

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 458-463

  Reynolds, T L ^a   Crawford, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Anther culture; Light; Metallothionein; Pollen embryogenesis; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030797590     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050260     Document Type: Article

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