Increased Phytochrome B Alleviates Density Effects on Tuber Yield of Field Potato Crops

Plant Physiology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1539-1546

  Boccalandro, Hernán E ^a   Ploschuk, Edmundo L ^a   Yanovsky, Marcelo J ^a   Sánchez, Rodolfo A ^a   Gatz, Christiane ^b   Casal, Jorge J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GENES; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ECTOPIC EXPRESSIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0345791405     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.029579     Document Type: Article

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