Overexpression of a NAC transcription factor delays leaf senescence and increases grain nitrogen concentration in wheat

Plant Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 904-913

  Zhao, D ^a,b,c   Derkx, A P ^b   Liu, D C ^a   Buchner, P ^b   Hawkesford, M J ^b  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Grain protein deviation; NAC gene family; Nitrogen remobilisation; Rubisco; Triticum aestivum; Yield

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP YIELD; ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION; LEAF; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEED; SENESCENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

NITROGEN; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOMASS; CEREAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TIME; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOMASS; EDIBLE GRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84931956098     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/plb.12296     Document Type: Article

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