The control of flowering in wheat and barley: What recent advances in molecular genetics can reveal

Annals of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 541-554

  Hay, R K M ^a,b   Ellis, R P ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Barley; De velopment; Flowering; Genetics; Photoperiod; Rice; Vernalization; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; BARLEY; BASE PAIRING; CHROMOSOME WALKING; CLONING; CODON; FLOWERING; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE PRODUCT; MODEL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTANT; PHOTOPERIODICITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; TEMPERATURE; WHEAT;

ARABIDOPSIS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LILIOPSIDA; POACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0031741831     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0733     Document Type: Review

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