Constitutive expression of cell wall invertase genes increases grain yield and starch content in maize

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1080-1091

  Li, Bei ^a   Liu, Hua ^a   Zhang, Yue ^a   Kang, Tao ^a   Zhang, Li ^b   Tong, Jianhua ^c   Xiao, Langtao ^c   Zhang, Hongxia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell wall invertase; GIF1; Grain yield; Maize; Starch content; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; ORYZA SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE; STARCH; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL WALL; CELL WALL INVERTASE; CEREAL; CROP; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GIF1; GRAIN YIELD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; REPORTER GENE; RICE; STARCH CONTENT; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CELL WALL INVERTASE; GIF1; GRAIN YIELD; MAIZE; STARCH CONTENT; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; CELL WALL; CEREALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTATION; ORYZA SATIVA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; STARCH; TRANSGENES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84888129403     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12102     Document Type: Article

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