Evidence that auxin is required for normal seed size and starch synthesis in pea

New Phytologist

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 193-204

  McAdam, Erin L ^a   Meitzel, Tobias ^b   Quittenden, Laura J ^a   Davidson, Sandra E ^a   Dalmais, Marion ^c   Bendahmane, Abdelhafid I ^c   Thompson, Richard ^d   Smith, Jennifer J ^a   Nichols, David S ^e   Urquhart, Shelley ^a   Gélinasmarion, Ariane ^a   Aubert, Gregoire ^d   Ross, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT SCIENCES PARIS SACLAY IPS2   (France)

^d UNIV BOURGOGNE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auxin; Chlorinated auxin; Mutants; Pisum sativum (pea); Seed development; Starch

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; STARCH; SUCROSE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; ORGAN SIZE; PEA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; SEEDLING; TIME FACTOR; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZYGOTE;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GERMINATION; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MUTATION; ORGAN SIZE; PEAS; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDLINGS; SEEDS; STARCH; SUCROSE; TIME FACTORS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 85026321137     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.14690     Document Type: Article

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