Auxin synthesis-encoding transgene enhances grape fecundity

Plant Physiology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1689-1694

  Costantini, Elisa ^a   Landi, Lucia ^a   Silvestroni, Oriana ^a   Pandolfini, Tiziana ^b   Spena, Angelo ^b   Mezzetti, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; FRUITS; HORMONES;

FRUITFULNESS; GRAPE FECUNDITY; GRAPE TRANSGENIC BERRIES; GRAPE YIELD;

GENE ENCODING;

AUXINS; GENES; VARIETIES; YIELD;

VITACEAE; VITIS; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 34249799910     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.095232     Document Type: Article

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