Phytochrome RNAi enhances major fibre quality and agronomic traits of the cotton Gossypium hirsutum L

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Abdurakhmonov, Ibrokhim Y ^a   Buriev, Zabardast T ^a   Saha, Sukumar ^b   Jenkins, Johnie N ^b   Abdukarimov, Abdusattor ^a   Pepper, Alan E ^c  

^a S YU YUNUSOV INSTITUTE OF THE CHEMISTRY OF PLANT SUBSTANCES   (Uzbekistan)

^b CROP SCIENCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME A; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AGRONOMY; COTTON; GROWTH RATE; HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT EFFECT; MATURATION; RNA; SEED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGRONOMIC TRAIT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; FLOWERING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH; RNA INTERFERENCE; SOMACLONAL VARIATION; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; AGRICULTURE; BREEDING; COTTON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; GOSSYPIUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; BREEDING; COTTON FIBER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; GOSSYPIUM; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOCHROME A; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84892725815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4062     Document Type: Article

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