Overexpression of Oncidium MADS box (OMADS1) gene promotes early flowering in transgenic orchid (oncidium gower ramsey)

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1295-1302

  Thiruvengadam, Muthu ^a   Chung, Ill Min ^a   Yang, Chang Hsien ^b  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Flowering time; MADS box genes; Oncidium Gower Ramsey; Protocorm like bodies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855571566     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-012-0926-x     Document Type: Article

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