Tomato flower abnormalities induced by low temperatures are associated with changes of expression of MADS-box genes

Plant Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-100

  Lozano, Rafael ^a   Angosto, Trinidad ^a   Gómez, Pedro ^a   Payán, Carmen ^a   Capel, Juan ^a   Huijser, Peter ^b   Salinas, Julio ^c   Martínez Zapater, José M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

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

^c Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

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EID: 0039388875     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.117.1.91     Document Type: Article

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