Overexpression of jasmonic acid carboxyl methyltransferase increases tuber yield and size in transgenic potato

Plant Biotechnology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-34

  Sohn, Hwang Bae ^a   Lee, Han Yong ^a   Seo, Ju Seok ^a   Jung, Choonkyun ^a   Jeon, Jae Heung ^b   Kim, Jeong Han ^a   Lee, Yin Won ^a   Lee, Jong Seob ^c   Cheong, Jong Joo ^a   Choi, Yang Do ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Jasmonic acid (JA); Jasmonic acid carboxyl methyltransferase (JMT); Methyl jasmonate (MeJA); Potato; Tuberization; Tuberonic acid (TA)

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 78751591737     PISSN: 18635466     EISSN: 18635474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11816-010-0153-0     Document Type: Article

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