Characterization of sck1, a novel Castanea mollissima mutant with the extreme short catkins and decreased gibberellin.

A novel Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima Bl.) mutant with extreme short catkins, here was named sck1 and has been characterized in the present study. This sck1 caused 6-fold shorter than wild-type catkins. Endogenous gibberellic acids markedly decreased in the mutant, and application of exogeno...

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Main Authors: Xian-Ping Guo, Xing-Liang Li, Xu-Wei Duan, Yuan-Yue Shen, Yu Xing, Qing-Qin Cao, Ling Qin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3419647?pdf=render