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Dwarf Mutants in Maize — The Gibberellin Biosynthetic Pathway and its Molecular Future

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Plant Growth Substances 1985

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Single gene dwarf mutants have been used to unravel the GA biosynthetic pathway in shoots of Zea mays (maize) [18, 19]. These GA mutants have provided critical evidence leading to the conclusion that GA1 is the main endogenous gibberellin active per se in the control of shoot growth in maize [17]. The mutants also provide definitive evidence that shoot elongation is dependent on the level of endogenous GA1, not on the total amount of GAs in the plant [19].

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  1. Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA

    B. O. Phinney, C. R. Spray & J. Silverthorne

  2. Department of Genetics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    M. Freeling

  3. Department of Genetics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50010, USA

    D. S. Robertson

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  1. Botanisches Institut der Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 360, 6900, Heidelberg, Germany

    Martin Bopp

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Phinney, B.O., Freeling, M., Robertson, D.S., Spray, C.R., Silverthorne, J. (1986). Dwarf Mutants in Maize — The Gibberellin Biosynthetic Pathway and its Molecular Future. In: Bopp, M. (eds) Plant Growth Substances 1985. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71018-6_7

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