Morphological alteration caused by brassinosteroid insensitivity increases the biomass and grain production of rice

Plant Physiology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 924-931

  Morinaka, Yoichi ^a   Sakamoto, Tomoaki ^b   Inukai, Yoshiaki ^a   Agetsuma, Masakazu ^a,c   Kitano, Hidemi ^a   Ashikari, Motoyuki ^a   Matsuoka, Makoto ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BIOMASS; CROPS; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BRASSINOSTEROIDS; GRAIN YIELD; PLANTING DENSITY;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

AGRONOMY; FARM CROPS; GRAIN;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 33745936740     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.077081     Document Type: Article

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