Modulating the timing of flowering

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-199

  Nilsson, Ove ^a   Weigel, Detlef ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0030960556     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(97)80102-4     Document Type: Article

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