Growth, yield and shelf-life of isopentenyltransferase (ipt)-gene transformed broccoli

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 701-711

  Chan, Lit Fu ^a   Chen, Long Fang O ^b   Lu, Hsiu Ying ^a   Lin, Chun Hung ^b   Huang, Hung Chang ^a   Ting, Meng Yi ^a   Chang, You Ming ^c   Lin, Chien Yih ^a,d   Wu, Min Tze ^a  

^a TAIWAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c TRANSWORLD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea L. var. italica plenck; Genetic characterization; Isopentenyltransferase gene; Shelf life; Transgenic broccoli

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CROP YIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEAFY VEGETABLE; SENESCENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; YIELD RESPONSE;

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA;

EID: 68049120572     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJPS08156     Document Type: Article

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