Identification of GB1, a gene whose constitutive overexpression increases glycinebetaine content in maize and soybean

Plant Direct

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Castiglioni, Paolo ^a,b   Bell, Erin ^a   Lund, Adrian ^a,c   Rosenberg, Alexander F ^a,d   Galligan, Meghan ^a   Hinchey, Brendan S ^a,e   Bauer, Stanislaus ^a   Nelson, Donald E ^a,f   Bensen, Robert J ^a,c  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b Agrotech Research   (United States)

^c SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

^f Research Triangle Park   (United States)

Author keywords

GB1; glycinebetaine; stress tolerance; transgenic

Indexed keywords

EID: 85054056031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24754455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pld3.40     Document Type: Article

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