Ethylmethanesulfonate (EMS) mutagenesis of Solanum lycopersicum cv. Micro-Tom for large-scale mutant screens

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-38

  Watanabe, Shin ^a   Mizoguchi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Aoki, Koh ^b   Kubo, Yasutaka ^c   Mori, Hitoshi ^d   Imanishi, Shunsuke ^e   Yamazaki, Yukiko ^f   Shibata, Daisuke ^b   Ezura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethylmethanesulfonate (EMS); Mutant; Solanum lycopersicum cv. Micro Tom

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM;

EID: 33947540242     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.24.33     Document Type: Article

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