Expression of Arabidopsis APETALA1 in tomato reduces its vegetative cycle without affecting plant production

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-163

  Ellul, Philippe ^a   Angosto, Trinidad ^b   García Sogo, Begoña ^a   García Hurtado, Noemí ^a   Martín Trillo, Mar ^c,d   Salinas, María ^b   Moreno, Vicente ^a   Lozano, Rafael ^b   Martínez Zapater, José M ^c,d  

^a Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AP1 transgenic plants; Flowering time; Fruit yield; Growth habit; Tomato

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGRONOMIC TRAITS; AP1 TRANSGENIC PLANT; ARABIDOPSIS; FLOWERING-TIME; FRUIT QUALITY; FRUIT YIELD; GROWTH HABIT; PLANT PRODUCTION; TOMATO; TRANSGENEIC PLANTS;

FRUITS;

ARABIDOPSIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 1842473607     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MOLB.0000018763.64585.6b     Document Type: Article

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