Gravity control of growth form in Brassica Rapa and Arabidopsis Thaliana (Brassicaceae): Consequences for secondary metabolism

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 652-660

  Allen, Joan ^a   Bisbee, Patricia A ^b   Darnell, Rebecca L ^a   Kuang, Anxiu ^c   Levine, Lanfang H ^b   Musgrave, Mary E ^a,d   Van Loon, Jack J W A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Brassica rapa; Brassicaceae; Centrifuge; Glucosinolates; Hypergravity; Lignin; Plant growth.

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGE; DICOTYLEDON; GRAVITY; GROWTH; HERB; LIGNIN; METABOLISM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 63449086639     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800261     Document Type: Article

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