Increased resistance to pod shatter is associated with changes in the vascular structure in pods of a resynthesized Brassica napus line

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 389, 2003, Pages 1919-1930

  Child, R D ^a   Summers, J E ^a   Babij, J ^a   Farrent, J W ^b   Bruce, D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Silsoe Research Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Cell separation; Dehiscence zone; Pod shatter; Vascular tissue

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FRACTURE TESTING; TISSUE;

VASCULAR TISSUE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; RAPESEED; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BRASSICA NAPUS; CELL WALL; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; SEEDS;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0043207266     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg209     Document Type: Article

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