Auxin, cytokinin and abscisic acid: Biosynthetic and catabolic genes and their potential applications in ornamental crops

Journal of Crop Improvement

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 347-364

  Duan, Hui ^a   Li, Yi ^b   Pei, Yan ^c   Deng, Wei ^b   Luo, Ming ^c   Xiao, Yuhua ^c   Luo, Keming ^c   Lu, Litang ^b   Smith, William ^b   McAvoy, Richard J ^b   Zhao, Degang ^d   Zheng, Xuelian ^c   Thammina, Chandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Applications; Auxin; Biosynthetic and catabolic genes; Cytokinin; Ornamental crops

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751548998     PISSN: 15427528     EISSN: 15427536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J411v18n01_03     Document Type: Review

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