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DISCOVER >< Gene discovery may yield lettuce that will sprout in hot weather
Davis, California, USA
September 2014
A team of researchers, led by a UC Davis, plant scientist, has identified a lettuce gene and related enzyme that put the brakes on germination during hot weather — a discovery that could lead to lettuces that can sprout year-round, even at high temperatures.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=10546
Expression of 9-cis-EPOXYCAROTENOID DIOXYGENASE4 Is Essential for Thermoinhibition of Lettuce Seed Germination but Not for Seed Development or Stress Tolerance
The Plant Cell (2013). Heqiang Huo, Peetambar Dahal, Keshavulu Kunusoth, Claire M. McCallum and Kent J. Bradford
CONTACT
Kent Bradford
Seed Biotechnology Center
+1 (530) 752-6087
kjbradford@ucdavis.edu
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Website: http://www.ucdavis.edu Published: September 29, 2014 |
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