The RNA-mediated silencing of one of the Pin genes in allohexaploid wheat simultaneously decreases the expression of the other, and increases grain hardness

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4025-4036

  Gasparis, Sebastian ^a   Orczyk, Waclaw ^a   Zalewski, Wojciech ^a   Nadolska Orczyk, Anna ^a  

^a PLANT BREEDING AND ACCLIMATIZATION INSTITUTE NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Friabilin; grain hardness; puroindoline; RNAi; wheat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREAL; GENETICS; HARDNESS; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

CEREALS; HARDNESS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEEDS; TRITICUM;

AGROBACTERIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79960540493     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err103     Document Type: Article

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