Explaining curd and spear geometry in broccoli, cauliflower and 'romanesco': Quantitative variation in activity of primary meristems

Planta

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-43

  Kieffer, Martin ^a,b   Fuller, Michael P ^a   Jellings, Anita J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brassica (morphology); Curd morphology; Meristem; Pattern development; Phyllotaxis

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLLOTAXIS; PLANT GROWTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA;

EID: 0031823313     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050371     Document Type: Article

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