Table 4
| Genetic Phenomena NRI Plant Genome Awards
1991-1994 |
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| Abscission enzyme synthesis | Hormonal RRNA transcription
| Self incompatibility |
| Abscission zone formation | Hypersensitive disease response
| Sequence repeats, microsatellites |
| Acylsugar biosynthesis | In situ hybridization
| Signal transduction |
| Agrobacterium mediated transformation | Infloresence
development, flowering
| Simple sequence repeats |
| Amylase activation & repression | Lipid desaturation
| Site directed mutagenesis |
| Annual growth rate | Maysin synthesis
| Somatic mutation |
| Anthocyanin biosynthesis | Metabolic transport
| Spatial organization of genome |
| Apomixis, asexual reproduction | Microsatellite sequences
| Starch metabolism & transport |
| Blue-light signal transcription | Mitochondrial DNA replication
| Tandem repeat sequences |
| Cell growth | Mitochondrial sequencing
| Targeted DNA integration |
| Centromere organization | mRNA stability in dicots
| Thylakoid membrane biogenesis |
| Chromosome recombination | Mutation via transposable elements
| Transformation disease resistance |
| Chromosome sorting libraries | Nematode resistance
| Transfomration drought tolerance |
| Cloning disease resistance genes | Nodulation & N fixation
| Transformation insect resistance |
| Cold resistance | Nuclear targeting of DNA
| Transformation virus resistance |
| Cytokinin MRNA regulation | Nuclear & organelle DNA variation
| Translation control |
| Cytokinin response | Nuclear-plastid communication
| Transposable elements |
| Developmental regulation | Nucleolar dominance
| Transposon tagging |
| Disease resistance | Oxidase expression
| Triacylglycerol biosynthesis |
| Drought tolerance | Photorespiration, nitrogen assimilation
| T-DNA transfer, and transport |
| Endodormancy & chilling requirement | Photosynthesis
| Ubiquitin activating enzymes |
| Ethylene biosynthesis | Phytoalexin enzyme induction
| Winter hardiness |
| Fertility restoration/CMS cytoplasm | Phytochrome A, MRNA
degradation
| Wound inducible insect resistance |
| Flower sex determination | Phytochrome gene control
| YAC size DNA |
| Fruit/ flower development | Plant transformation/YACs
| |
| Gametophytic lethal screening | Plasmid directed conjugation
| |
| Gene effects on chromatin structure | Polyadenylation
| |
| Gene tagging for insect resistance | Position effects
| |
| Genetic engineered sterility | Proline degradation
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| Gene/chromosome identification | Purine metabolism
| |
| Gibberellin synthesis | Pyramiding resistance genes
| |
| Growth rate | Repeat induced gene silencing
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| Homologous recombination | RNA editing
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| Homozygous deletion stocks | Root Nodule morphogenesis
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| Hormonal control of seed maturation | Seed oil synthesis
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