Genetic control of flowering time in arabidopsis

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 49, Issue , 1998, Pages 345-370

  Koornneef, Maarten ^a   Alonso Blanco, Carlos ^a   Peeters, Anton J M ^a   Soppe, Wim ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Circadian rhythm; Gibberellins, vernalization; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FLOWERING; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERCEPTION; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0031733674     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.49.1.345     Document Type: Article

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