Antisense suppression of the rice sucrose transporter gene, OsSUT1, leads to impaired grain filling and germination but does not affect photosynthesis

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 815-826

  Scofield, Graham N ^a   Hirose, Tatsuro ^a   Gaudron, Judy A ^a   Upadhyaya, Narayana M ^a   Ohsugi, Ryu ^a   Furbank, Robert T ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antisense; Grain filling; OsSUT1; Rice; Sucrose transporter

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GENES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEED; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

GERMINATING SEEDLINGS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; RICE;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036330431     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PP01204     Document Type: Article

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