| abstract |
The present invention relates to methods of manipulating senescence in plants. The invention also relates to vectors useful in such methods, transformed plants with modified senescence characteristics and plant cells, seeds and other parts of such plants. Specifically the present invention provides a method of manipulating senescence in a plant, said method including introducing into said plant a genetic construct including a myb gene promoter, or functionally active fragment or variant thereof, operably linked to a gene encoding an enzyme involved in biosynthesis of a cytokinin, or a functionally active fragment or variant thereof. |