The flowering-time gene FT and regulation of flowering in Arabidopsis

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 277-281

  Araki, Takashi ^a   Kobayashi, Yasushi ^a   Kaya, Hidetaka ^a   Iwabuchi, Masaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Floral evocation; Flowering; FT; Late flowering genes

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0032219702     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02512184     Document Type: Article

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