Enhancement of artemisinin content and relative expression of genes of artemisinin biosynthesis in Artemisia annua by exogenous MeJA treatment

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 435-441

  Xiang, Lien ^a   Zhu, Shunqin ^a   Zhao, Tengfei ^a   Zhang, Man ^a   Liu, Wanhong ^b   Chen, Min ^a   Lan, Xiaozhong ^c   Liao, Zhihua ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Artemisia annua; Artemisinin; Gene expression; MeJA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925543546     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-014-0004-z     Document Type: Article

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