Expression of an Antirrhinum dihydroflavonol reductase gene results in changes in condensed tannin structure and accumulation in root cultures of Lotus corniculatus (bird's foot trefoil)
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Plant Molecular Biology
- Vol. 35 (4) , 443-458
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005841214470
Abstract
Condensed tannins (proanthocyanidins) are an important factor in the nutritive and dietary quality of many forage crops. We report here experiments aimed at altering the levels and monomer...Keywords
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