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Green revolution trees: semidwarfism transgenes modify gibberellins, promote root growth, enhance morphological diversity, and reduce competitiveness in hybrid poplar.
Plant physiology - 1 Oct 2012
Elias Ani A, Busov Victor B, Kosola Kevin R, Ma Cathleen, Etherington Elizabeth, Shevchenko Olga, Gandhi Harish, Pearce David W, Rood Stewart B, Strauss Steven H
Abstract excerpt
Semidwarfism has been used extensively in row crops and horticulture to promote yield, reduce lodging, and improve harvest index, and it might have similar benefits for trees for short-rotation forestry or energy plantations, reclamation, phytoremediation, or other applications. We studied the effects of the dominant semidwarfism transgenes GA Insensitive (GAI) and Repressor of GAI-Like, which affect gibberellin...
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