Ethylene is required in tobacco to successfully compete with proximate neighbours

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1229-1234

  Pierik, Ronald ^a,b   Visser, E J W ^a   De Kroon, H ^a   Voesenek, L A C J ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competition; Ethylene insensitivity; Leaf angle; Neighbour signalling; Nicotiana tabacum; Phytochrome; Red far red ratio; Shade avoidance; Stem elongation

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ETHYLENE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIGHT ATTENUATION; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0042733235     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2003.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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