Silencing of the LeSGR1 gene in tomato inhibits chlorophyll degradation and exhibits a stay-green phenotype

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-34

  Hu, Z L ^a   Deng, L ^a   Yan, B ^a   Pan, Y ^a   Luo, M ^a   Chen, X Q ^b   Hu, T Z ^a   Chen, G P ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Agro biotechnology Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

desiccation; flooding; Lycopersicon esculentum; mutants; senescence

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 79251536575     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-011-0004-z     Document Type: Article

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