Yield assessment of integument-led seed growth following targeted repair of auxin response factor 2

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 758-769

  Hughes, Rhiannon ^a   Spielman, Melissa ^a   Schruff, Marie C ^a   Larson, Tony R ^b   Graham, Ian A ^b   Scott, Rod J ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 2; Harvest index; Seed coat; Yield

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ARF2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; FATTY ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FERTILITY; FLOWER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; FERTILITY; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEEDS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 50849107011     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2008.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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