Elevated cytokinin content in ipt transgenic creeping bentgrass promotes drought tolerance through regulating metabolite accumulation

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1315-1328

  Merewitz, Emily B ^a   Du, Hongmei ^b   Yu, Wenjuan ^b   Liu, Yimin ^b   Gianfagna, Thomas ^a   Huang, Bingru ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid (GABA); Alanine; cytokinins; fructose; glycine; isopentyl transferase; maltose; metabolome; perennial grass; proline; ribose; senescence; senescence activated promoter; sucrose; turfgrass; water stress

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CYTOKININ; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AGROSTIS; ARTICLE; DROUGHT; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROSTIS; CYTOKININS; DROUGHTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; POACEAE;

EID: 84863135968     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err372     Document Type: Article

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