Flower architecture and sex determination: How does Atriplex halimus play with floral morphogenesis and sex genes?

New Phytologist

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-113

  Talamali, Amel ^a,c   Bajji, Mohammed ^b   Le Thomas, Annick ^c   Kinet, Jean Marie ^b   Dutuit, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Atriplex halimus; Daylength; Flower architecture; Light intensity; Saltbush; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

DAY LENGTH; FLOWER; LIGHT INTENSITY; MORPHOGENESIS; SEX DETERMINATION;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX HALIMUS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037251852     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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