Differences between winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) cultivars in nitrogen starvation-induced leaf senescence are governed by leaf-inherent rather than root-derived signals

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 3669-3681

  Koeslin Findeklee, Fabian ^a   Becker, Martin A ^a   Van Der Graaff, Eric ^b   Roitsch, Thomas ^b,c   Horst, Walter J ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Vvi   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; cytokinins; genotypic differences; leaf senescence; nitrogen efficiency; nitrogen starvation; reciprocal grafting; stay green

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA NAPUS;

CHLOROPHYLL; CYTOKININ; GLUCOSIDE; NITROGEN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PLANT PROTEIN; ZEATIN; ZEATIN-O-GLUCOSIDE;

ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RAPESEED; SEASON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BRASSICA NAPUS; CHLOROPHYLL; CYTOKININS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUCOSIDES; HOMEOSTASIS; NITROGEN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; SEASONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEATIN;

EID: 84938279025     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv170     Document Type: Article

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