Increasing the amylose content of durum wheat through silencing of the SBEIIa genes

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sestili, Francesco ^a   Janni, Michela ^a   Doherty, Angela ^b   Botticella, Ermelinda ^a   D'Ovidio, Renato ^a   Masci, Stefania ^a   Jones, Huw D ^b   Lafiandra, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; RHIZOBIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 79959886238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-10-144     Document Type: Article

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