Shoot branching

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-78

  Ward, Sally P ^a   Leyser, Ottoline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; LILIOPSIDA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 1642444647     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2003.10.002     Document Type: Review

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