Genetic engineering in floriculture

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-24

  Tanaka, Yoshikazu ^a   Katsumoto, Yukihisa ^a   Brugliera, Filippa ^b   Mason, John ^b  

^a SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

^b Florigene Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colour; Disease; Ethylene; Flower; Gene; Morphogenesis; Scent

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; DISEASE CONTROL; ERRORS; MORPHOLOGY; PIGMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BREEDING TOOLS; FLORICULTURE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE POOLS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ANATOMY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; DISEASES; ERRORS; FLOWERS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PIGMENT;

DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS; PETUNIA;

EID: 17644406755     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-004-0739-8     Document Type: Review

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