Abstract
Squash and cucumber plants were infected with ZYMV strains engineered to over-express enzymes involved in ethylene and gibberellin biosynthesis. Presence of the inserted ACS gene within the viral RNA was transient and the insert was deleted after 20-40 days. Ethylene over-expressing plants produced very high ethylene levels and were severely stunted. Monoecious cucumbers produced earlier, consecutive female flowers. Gibberellin over-expression was deduced from the observed phenotypic change, plants were taller and flowered earlier.
| Original language | American English |
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| Title of host publication | IXth EUCARPIA Meeting on Cucurbit Genetics and Breeding |
| Publisher | INRA. Centre de Recherche d'Avignon. Unité Génétique et Amélioration des Fruits et Légumes, Montfavet (France) |
| State | Published - 2008 |
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