The role of carbohydrates in the induction of flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana: Comparison between the wild type and a starchless mutant

Planta

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 131-137

  Corbesier, Laurent ^a   Lejeune, Pierre ^a   Bernier, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Carbohydrate; Floral induction; Leaf exudate; Starch mutants; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FLOWER INDUCTION; FLOWERING; MOBILIZATION; MUTANT; PHLOEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; CARBOHYDRATES; MUTAGENESIS; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT LEAVES; STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0032171482     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050383     Document Type: Article

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