Altered resource allocation during seed development in Arabidopsis caused by the abi3 mutation

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-123

  Robinson, C K ^a   Hill, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Arabidopsis thaliana; Carbon partitioning; Resource allocation; Seed development; Yield

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0032992403     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1999.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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