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Evidence that auxin is required for normal seed size and starch synthesis in pea.
The New phytologist - 1 Oct 2017
McAdam Erin L, Meitzel Tobias, Quittenden Laura J, Davidson Sandra E, Dalmais Marion, Bendahmane Abdelhafid I, Thompson Richard, Smith Jennifer J, Nichols David S, Urquhart Shelley, Gélinas-Marion Ariane, Aubert Gregoire, Ross John J
Abstract excerpt
In recent years the biosynthesis of auxin has been clarified with the aid of mutations in auxin biosynthesis genes. However, we know little about the effects of these mutations on the seed-filling stage of seed development. Here we investigate a key auxin biosynthesis mutation of the garden pea, which results in auxin deficiency in developing seeds. We exploit the large seed size of this model species, which...
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