Article
A simple approach to identify the first rice mutants blocked in carotenoid biosynthesis.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Jan 2001
Wurtzel E T, Luo R B, Yatou O
Abstract excerpt
Mutations blocking carotenoid biosynthesis, never before described for rice, are valuable for pathway manipulation and study. Similar to defects in ABA biosynthesis, mutations blocking the carotenoid pathway confer vivipary, but in addition also confer an albino seedling phenotype. Pigments extra...
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