Control of pod dehiscence

Details Control of pod dehiscence Control of pod dehiscence

1997-09-30

2000-08-01

Fox, David T.

Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and

Method of introducing a polynucleotide molecule into or...

The polynucleotide alters plant part growth

800278, 800283, 800286, 800287, 800298, 800306, 435200, 435419, 435468, 536236, 536 241, C12N 1529, C12N 1556, C12N 1582, A01N 500

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ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to the use of nucleic acid sequences coding for polygalacturonase in the control of dehiscence in plants. Plants transformed with such nucleic acid sequences are also disclosed.

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