Salicylic acid regulates flowering time and links defence responses and reproductive development

Plant Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-217

  Martínez, Cristina ^a   Pons, Elsa ^a   Prats, Guillermo ^a   León, José ^a  

^a Universitat Politècnica de València   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Autonomous pathway; Flowering time; Photoperiod pathway; Salicylic acid; Stress

Indexed keywords

GENES; ORGANIC ACIDS; STRESSES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

NON-STRESSED PLANTS; SEASONAL REGULATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 1642441934     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01954.x     Document Type: Article

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