Control of flowering time

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-54

  Levy, Yaron Y ^a   Dean, Caroline ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; COLD; GENETICS; MERISTEM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLD; MERISTEM; PHOTOPERIOD;

EID: 0031987904     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(98)80127-1     Document Type: Article

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