Genetic and physiological characterization of tomato cv. Micro-Tom

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2037-2047

  Martí, Esmeralda ^a   Gisbert, Carmina ^a,d   Bishop, Gerard J ^b   Dixon, Mark S ^c   García Martínez, José L ^a  

^a Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d Instituto de Conservación y Mejora de la Agrodiversidad Valenciana COMAV   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brassinosteroids; Cladosporium fulvum; Dwarf; Gibberellins; Micro Tom; Self Pruning; Tomato

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA;

BRASSINOSTEROIDS; CLADOSPORIUM FULVUM; DWARF; GIBBERELLINS; MICRO-TOM; SELF-PRUNING; TOMATO;

GENES;

GIBBERELLIN; PHYTOHORMONE; SP PROTEIN, LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; STEROID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLADOSPORIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA SPLICING; TOMATO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLADOSPORIUM; GIBBERELLINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA SPLICING; STEROIDS;

CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM FULVUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 33745589747     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erj154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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