Shedding light on the circadian clock and the photoperiodic control of flowering

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-19

  Hayama, Ryosuke ^a   Coupland, George ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 0037295687     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(02)00011-0     Document Type: Review

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