Genetic engineering of harvest index in tobacco through overexpression of a phytochrome gene.

doi:10.1038/nbt0896-995

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Genetic engineering of harvest index in tobacco through overexpression of a phytochrome gene.

Nature biotechnology - 1 Aug 1996

Robson P R, McCormac A C, Irvine A S, Smith H

Abstract excerpt

The phytochrome photoreceptor family regulates plant architecture in response to environmental light signals. Phytochromes mediate the shade avoidance syndrome, in which plants react to far-red radiation reflected from neighbors by elongation growth, occurring at the expense of leaf and storage o...

Topics

Biotechnology
Ecology
Phenotype
Phytochrome
Phytochrome A
Plants, Genetically Modified
Plants, Toxic
Protein Engineering
Nicotiana

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