Initiation of the vascular system and the transition to flowering in early tassels of Zea mays land race chapalote (Poaceae)

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1111-1125

  Pizzolato, Thompson Demetrio ^a,b   Sundberg, Marshall D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Flowering; Leaf; Procambium; Tassel; Vascular system; Zea

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033452013     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314200     Document Type: Article

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