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Ethylene insensitivity impedes a subset of responses to phosphorus deficiency in tomato and petunia.
Plant, cell & environment - 1 Dec 2008
Kim Hye-Ji, Lynch Jonathan P, Brown Kathleen M
Abstract excerpt
The role of ethylene in growth and developmental responses to low phosphorus stress was evaluated using ethylene-insensitive 'Never-ripe' (Nr) tomato and etr1 petunia plants. Low phosphorus increased adventitious root formation in 'Pearson' (wild-type) tomato plants, but not in Nr, supporting a role for ethylene in adventitious root development and showing that ethylene is important for this aspect of phosphorus...
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