Directed overexpression of PHYA locally suppresses stem elongation and leaf senescence responses to far-red radiation

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1551-1558

  Rousseaux, M C ^a   Ballaré, Carlos L ^a   Jordan, E T ^b   Vierstra, R D ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Even aged stands; Leaf senescence; Phenotypic plasticity; Photomorphogenesis; Phytochrome; Size inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031414482     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-51.x     Document Type: Article

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