Ectopic expression of wheat and barley DOG1-like genes promotes seed dormancy in Arabidopsis

Plant Science

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 536-542

  Ashikawa, Ikuo ^a   Abe, Fumitaka ^a   Nakamura, Shingo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CROP SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Barley; DOG1; Seed dormancy; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; HORDEUM; TRITICEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77956764641     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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