Decreased TK activity alters growth, yield and tolerance to low temperature and low light intensity in transgenic cucumber plants

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 345-354

  Bi, Huangai ^a   Dong, Xubing ^a   Wu, Guoxiu ^a   Wang, Meiling ^a   Ai, Xizhen ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antisense transgenic plants; Chilling stress; Cucumis sativus L; Net photosynthetic rate; Transketolase (TK)

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; STARCH; TRANSKETOLASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOMASS; COLD; CUCUMBER; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; COLD TEMPERATURE; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FLOWERS; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDLING; STARCH; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSKETOLASE;

EID: 84924266547     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: 1432203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-014-1713-5     Document Type: Article

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