The effects of dwarfing genes on seedling root growth of wheat

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2565-2573

  Wojciechowski, T ^a   Gooding, M J ^b   Ramsay, L ^a   Gregory, P J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rht1; Rht10; Rht12; Rht2; Rht3; Rht8; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING; WHEAT;

BIOMASS; GENES, PLANT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; SEEDLING; TRITICUM;

ANAS PENELOPE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 67649327402     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp107     Document Type: Article

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