Lotus tenuis x L. corniculatus interspecific hybridization as a means to breed bloat-safe pastures and gain insight into the genetic control of proanthocyanidin biosynthesis in legumes

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Escaray, Francisco J ^a   Passeri, Valentina ^b   Babuin, Florencia M ^a   Marco, Francisco ^c   Carrasco, Pedro ^c   Damiani, Francesco ^b   Pieckenstain, Fernando L ^a   Paolocci, Francesco ^b   Ruiz, Oscar A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forage legumes; Interspecific hybridization; Lotus; Nutritive value; Proanthocyanidins (PAs); TT2

Indexed keywords

PROANTHOCYANIDIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LOTUS; METABOLISM;

FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LOTUS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROANTHOCYANIDINS;

EID: 84893185374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-14-40     Document Type: Article

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