rgf1, a mutation reducing grain filling in maize through effects on basal endosperm and pedicel development

Plant Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-42

  Maitz, Monika ^a   Santandrea, Geraldina ^a   Zhang, Zhiyong ^b   Lal, Shailesh ^c   Hannah, L Curtis ^c   Salamini, Francesco ^a   Thompson, Richard D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Assimilation; Endosperm; Seed; Starch; Sugar; Transfer layer

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOSPERM; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MARKER; GLUCOSE; GRAIN FILLING; KERNEL; MAIZE; MUTANT; PEDICEL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; RGF1 GENE; WILD RELATIVE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; MUTATION; STARCH; ZEA MAYS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033905033     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00747.x     Document Type: Review

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