Increase of amylose content of sweetpotato starch by RNA interference of the starch branching enzyme II gene (IbSBEII)

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-90

  Shimada, Takiko ^a   Otani, Motoyasu ^a   Hamada, Tatsuro ^a   Kim, Sun Hyung ^a  

^a ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amylose; IbSBEII; RNA interference; Starch branching enzyme II; Transgenic sweetpotato

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; IPOMOEA BATATAS; PISUM SATIVUM; RHIZOBIUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33645879539     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.23.85     Document Type: Conference Paper

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