Constitutive co-suppression of the GA 20-oxidase1 gene in tomato leads to severe defects in vegetative and reproductive development

Plant Science

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 496-503

  Olimpieri, Irene ^a   Caccia, Riccardo ^a   Picarella, Maurizio Enea ^a   Pucci, Anna ^a   Santangelo, Enrico ^a   Soressi, Gian Piero ^a   Mazzucato, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fruit development; Gibberellins; Ovule abortion; Parthenocarpy; Pollen development; Solanum lycopersicum

Indexed keywords

GIBBERELLIN; GIBBERELLIN, 2 OXOGLUTARATE OXYGEN OXIDOREDUCTASE (20 HYDROXYLATING, OXIDIZING); GIBBERELLIN, 2-OXOGLUTARATE-OXYGEN OXIDOREDUCTASE (20-HYDROXYLATING, OXIDIZING); MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PLANT STRUCTURES; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOMATO;

FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENES, PLANT; GERMINATION; GIBBERELLINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MEIOSIS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANT STRUCTURES; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEEDS;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 78651505394     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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