Barley mutants with low rates of endosperm starch synthesis have low grain dormancy and high susceptibility to preharvest sprouting

New Phytologist

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 158-167

  Howard, Thomas P ^a   Fahy, Brendan ^a   Craggs, Alice ^a   Mumford, Rachel ^a   Leigh, Fiona ^b   Howell, Phil ^b   Greenland, Andy ^b   Smith, Alison M ^a  

^a NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid (ABA); Barley (Hordeum vulgare); Grain development; Grain dormancy; Preharvest sprouting; Starch; Sugar signalling

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; STARCH;

ABSCISIC ACID; BARLEY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DORMANCY; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMINATION; HARVESTING; HORMONE; INHIBITION; MUTATION; PROTEIN; STARCH; SUGAR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOSPERM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORDEUM; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEED DORMANCY; TEMPERATURE;

ABSCISIC ACID; AGRICULTURE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENDOSPERM; HORDEUM; KINETICS; MUTATION; SEED DORMANCY; STARCH; TEMPERATURE;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE;

EID: 84862804474     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.04040.x     Document Type: Article

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