Drought-induced Leaf Senescence and Horticultural Performance of Transgenic PSAG12-IPT Petunias

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-99

  Clark, David G ^a   Dervinis, Chris ^a   Barrett, James E ^a   Klee, Harry ^a   Jones, Michelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokinin synthesis; Isopentenyl transferase; Petunia xhybrida; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; PETUNIA; PETUNIA HYBRIDA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA;

EID: 0347380969     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.129.1.0093     Document Type: Article

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