Silencing the hydroxyproline-rich glycopeptide systemin precursor in two accessions of nicotiana attenuata alters flower morphology and rates of self-pollination

Plant Physiology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1690-1700

  Berger, Beatrice ^a   Baldwin, Ian T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

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NICOTIANA ATTENUATA;

EID: 65249174476     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.132928     Document Type: Article

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