A simple approach to identify the first rice mutants blocked in carotenoid biosynthesis

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 52, Issue 354, 2001, Pages 161-166

  Wurtzel, Eleanore T ^a   Luo, RuiBai ^a   Yatou, Osamu ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Hokuriku Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotenoid biosynthesis; HPLC; Mutations; Rice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035090177     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/52.354.161     Document Type: Article

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