Transgenic rice with low sucrose-phosphate synthase activities retain more soluble protein and chlorophyll during flag leaf senescence

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 949-953

  Ono, Kiyomi ^a   Ishimaru, Ken ^a   Aoki, Naohiro ^a   Ohsugi, Ryu ^a  

^a National Institute for Materials Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Oryza sativa; Senescence; Sucrose phosphate synthase; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PLANT METABOLISM; SENESCENCE; SOLUBILITY; SUCROSE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD RELATIVE;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0033428026     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(99)00106-0     Document Type: Article

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