Corolla of the large-flowered petunia (Petunia hybrida Vilm.) cultivars exhibit low endogenous cytokinin concentration through enhanced expression of the genes encoding cytokinin oxidases

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 334-342

  Nishijima, Takaaki ^a,b   Niki, Tomoya ^a,b   Niki, Tomoko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Feedback regulation; Flower size; Large flower mutant; Plant hormone; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

PETUNIA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA;

EID: 79960879538     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: 1882336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs1.80.334     Document Type: Article

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