Characterization of novel sorghum brown midrib mutants from an EMS-mutagenized population

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2115-2124

  Sattler, Scott E ^a,b   Saballos, Ana ^c,d   Xin, Zhanguo ^a   Funnell Harris, Deanna L ^a,b   Vermerris, Wilfred ^c   Pedersen, Jeffrey F ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Chromatin Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

(EMS); Acid detergent; Allelism; Bioenergy; Composition; Ethyl methanesulfonate; Forage; Lignin (ADL)

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER;

AGRONOMIC TRAIT; ALLELISM; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BMR12 GENE; BMR2 GENE; BMR6 GENE; BROWN MIDRIB GENE; FORAGE; GENE LOCUS; LEAF MIDRIB; MUTAGENICITY; MUTANT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; SACCHARIFICATION; SORGHUM; WILD TYPE; ALLELE; GENETICS; MUTATION;

ALLELES; ETHYL METHANESULFONATE; GENES, PLANT; LIGNIN; MUTATION; SORGHUM;

EID: 84910649722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.114.014001     Document Type: Article

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