Morphological characterisation and agronomic evaluation of transgenic broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica) containing an antisense ACC oxidase gene

Euphytica

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-18

  Henzi, Maria X ^a,b,c   Christey, Mary C ^a   McNeil, David L ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

1 aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylic acid (ACC); ACC oxidase; Antisense gene; Brassica oleracea; Ethylene

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE GENE; COCULTURE; CULTIVAR; DNA TRANSFER; ETHYLENE PRODUCTION; GENETIC CHANGE; GENETIC STRAIN; HAIRY ROOT CULTURE; NEOMYCIN PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE II GENE; REGENERATION; SENESCENCE; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; BRASSICA OLERACEA;

EID: 0034114033     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003979801348     Document Type: Article

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