The rosette habit of Arabidopsis thaliana is dependent upon phytochrome action: Novel phytochromes control internode elongation and flowering time

Plant Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1127-1134

  Devlin, Paul F ^a   Halliday, Karen J ^a   Harberd, Nicholas P ^b   Whitelam, Garry C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0030465585     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.10061127.x     Document Type: Article

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