Nitrogen fertilizer increases spikelet number per panicle by enhancing cytokinin synthesis in rice

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 363-371

  Ding, Chengqiang ^a   You, Juan ^a   Chen, Lin ^a   Wang, Shaohua ^a   Ding, Yanfeng ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cytokinin; Inflorescence; Nitrogen fertilizer; Panicle development; Rice

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE ISOPENTENYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOKININ; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHYTOHORMONE; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFLORESCENCE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RICE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; CYTOKININS; FERTILIZERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INFLORESCENCE; NITROGEN; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 84895068408     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-013-1536-9     Document Type: Article

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