Over-expression of strawberry d-galacturonic acid reductase in potato leads to accumulation of vitamin C with enhanced abiotic stress tolerance

Plant Science

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 659-667

  Hemavathi, ^a   Upadhyaya, Chandrama Prakash ^a   Young, Ko Eun ^a   Akula, Nookaraju ^a   Kim, Hyun soon ^b   Heung, Jeon Jae ^b   Oh, Oh Man ^c   Aswath, Chenna Reddy ^d   Chun, Se Chul ^a   Kim, Doo Hwan ^a   Park, Se Won ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; d Galacturonic acid reductase; HPLC; Solanum tuberosum L.; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 70349759318     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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