Modification of the total soluble sugar content of the C4 grass Paspalum notatum expressing the wheat-derived sucrose: Sucrose 1-fructosyltransferase and sucrose: Fructan 6-fructosyltransferase genes

Grassland Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 196-204

  Muguerza, Melody ^a   Gondo, Takahiro ^a   Yoshida, Midori ^b   Kawakami, Akira ^c   Terami, Fumihiro ^d   Yamada, Toshihiko ^e   Akashi, Ryo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bahiagrass; C4 plant; Fructan; Total soluble sugar content; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

C4 PLANT; FORAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRASS; SUCROSE; SUGAR; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

ANIMALIA; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; PASPALUM; PASPALUM NOTATUM; POACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84890202639     PISSN: 17446961     EISSN: 1744697X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/grs.12029     Document Type: Article

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