The characterization of transgenic tomato overexpressing gibberellin 20-oxidase reveals induction of parthenocarpic fruit growth, higher yield, and alteration of the gibberellin biosynthetic pathway

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 5803-5813

  García Hurtado, Noemí ^a   Carrera, Esther ^a   Ruiz Rivero, Omar ^a   López Gresa, Maria Pilar ^a   Hedden, Peter ^b   Gong, Fan ^b   García Martínez, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fruit set; gibberellin (GA); gibberellin 20 oxidase; Micro Tom; parthenocarpy; tomato

Indexed keywords

GIBBERELLIN; GIBBERELLIN, 2 OXOGLUTARATE OXYGEN OXIDOREDUCTASE (20 HYDROXYLATING, OXIDIZING); GIBBERELLIN, 2-OXOGLUTARATE-OXYGEN OXIDOREDUCTASE (20-HYDROXYLATING, OXIDIZING); MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CITRUS; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CITRUS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84867515499     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers229     Document Type: Article

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