The expression of pectin methylesterase in onion flower buds is associated with the dominant male-fertility restoration allele

Plant Breeding

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 211-216

  Huo, Yumeng ^a,b,c   Miao, Jun ^a,b,c   Liu, Bingjiang ^a,b,c   Yang, Yanyan ^a,b,c   Zhang, Yihui ^a,b,c   Tahara, Yasuki ^d   Meng, Qingwei ^e   He, Qiwei ^a,b,c   Kitano, Hidemi ^d   Wu, Xiong ^a,b,c  

^a SHANDONG PEANUT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b Key Laboratory for Biology of Greenhouse Vegetable of Shandong Province   (China)

^c National Center for Vegetable Improvement (Shandong Branch)   (China)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AcPME (pectin methylesterase in Allium cepa L.); Differential expression; Male sterility; Onion (Allium cepa L.); Sequence related amplified polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 84855586819     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2011.01907.x     Document Type: Article

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