Study on a mutant with low content chlorophyll b in a high yielding rice and its photosynthesis properties

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1289-1294

  Dai, Xin Bin ^a   Cao, Shu Qing ^a   Xu, Xiao Ming ^a   Lu, Wei ^a   Zhang, Rong Xian ^a   Xu, Chang Cheng ^b   Chen, Yao Dong ^b   Kuang, Ting Yun ^b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll b; Mutant; Rice; Senescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040524608     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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