Induced mutations in cassava using somatic embryos and the identification of mutant plants with altered starch yield and composition

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 91-98

  Joseph, Roy ^a   Yeoh, Hock Hin ^a   Loh, Chiang Shiong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cassava; Manihot esculenta; Somatic embryos; Starch biosynthesis; Irradiation

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GAMMA RAYS; MUTAGENESIS; SUGARS;

SOMATIC EMBRYOS; WILD TYPE PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMYLOSE; CELLS; EMBRYOS; GAMMA RAYS; MUTATION; PLANTS;

MANIHOT; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 4344568211     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-004-0798-7     Document Type: Article

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