Overexpression of Petunia SOC1-like Gene FBP21 in Tobacco Promotes Flowering Without Decreasing Flower or Fruit Quantity

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 573-581

  Ma, Guangying ^a   Ning, Guogui ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Zhan, Jing ^a   Lv, Haiyan ^b   Bao, Manzhu ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Early flowering; Flower number; Leaf area; Nicotiana; Overexpression

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PETUNIA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA;

EID: 79958709870     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-010-0263-4     Document Type: Article

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