Effect of lateral suppressor on petal initiation in tomato.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-313x.1993.04010001.x

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Effect of lateral suppressor on petal initiation in tomato.

The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jul 1993

Szymkowiak E J, Sussex I M

Abstract excerpt

Flowers developing on tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) plants homozygous for the lateral suppressor (ls) mutation lack petals. Scanning electron micrographs revealed that in ls plants no second whorl organs were initiated. The initiation of first, third, and fourth whorl organs were unaffected by...

Topics

Chimera
Genes, Plant
Genes, Suppressor
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Mutation
Phenotype
Plant Development
Plants

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