Phenotypic alterations and component analysis of seed yield in transgenic Brassica napus plants expressing the tzs gene

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 243-249

  Roeckel, P ^a   Oancia, T ^b   Drevet, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Brassica napus; Cytokinin; Heat shock; Oilseed rape; Promoter; Seed yield; Transgenic plants; Tzs

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CYTOKININ; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 0031923352     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1998.1020212.x     Document Type: Article

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