Partial phenotypic reversion of ABA-deficient flacca tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) scions by a wild-type rootstock: Normalizing shoot ethylene relations promotes leaf area but does not diminish whole plant transpiration rate

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4029-4039

  Dodd, Ian C ^a   Theobald, Julian C ^a   Richer, Sarah K ^a   Davies, William J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABA; ACC; Ethylene; Flacca; Grafting; Leaf area; Rootstock

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; TOMATO;

ABSCISIC ACID; ETHYLENES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 70349682883     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp236     Document Type: Article

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