Increased gibberellin biosynthesis in transgenic trees promotes growth, biomass production and xylem fiber length

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 784-788

  Eriksson, Maria E ^a   Israelsson, Maria ^a   Olsson, Olof ^b   Moritz, Thomas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomass; Fiber length; Gibberellin 20 oxidase; Gibberellin biosynthesis; Populus; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

GIBBERELLIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBER; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TREE;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENETIC VECTORS; GIBBERELLINS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TREES;

POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0033940216     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/77355     Document Type: Article

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