Production of male- and female-sterile plants through reproductive tissue ablation

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 166, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 871-881

  Gardner, Nicole ^a   Felsheim, Roderick ^a   Smith, Alan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barnase; Barstar; Invasiveness; Pollen; Transmitting tract

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS RIBONUCLEASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; SCLEROPROTEIN; SP41 PROTEIN, NICOTIANA TABACUM; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT INFERTILITY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN TUBE; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOMASS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENES, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; GLYCOPROTEINS; PLANT INFERTILITY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN TUBE; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; RIBONUCLEASES; SEEDS; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 65049089717     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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