Leaf senescence is delayed in maize expressing the Agrobacterium IPT gene under the control of a novel maize senescence-enhanced promoter

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-112

  Robson, Paul R H ^a   Donnison, Iain S ^a   Wang, Kan ^b   Frame, Bronwyn ^b   Pegg, Sue Ellen ^b   Thomas, Ann ^a   Thomas, Howard ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IPT; Promoter; SEE1; Senescence; Stay green; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; RHIZOBIUM; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2942717853     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2004.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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