Heterosis in rice seedlings: Its relationship to gibberellin content and expression of gibberellin metabolism and signaling genes

Plant Physiology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1905-1920

  Ma, Qian ^a   Hedden, Peter ^b   Zhang, Qifa ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIBBERELLIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CROSS BREEDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; RICE; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BIOMASS; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GERMINATION; GIBBERELLINS; HYBRID VIGOR; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT SHOOTS; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84864574177     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.178046     Document Type: Article

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