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Brevis plant1, a putative inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase, is required for internode elongation in maize.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Mar 2016
Avila Luis M, Cerrudo Diego, Swanton Clarence, Lukens Lewis
Abstract excerpt
In maize (Zea mays L.), as in other grass species, stem elongation occurs during growth and most noticeably upon the transition to flowering. Genes that reduce stem elongation have been important to reduce stem breakage, or lodging. Stem elongation has been mediated by dwarf and brachytic/brevis plant mutants that affect giberellic acid and auxin pathways, respectively. Maize brevis plant1 (bv1) mutants, first...
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