The AVAG1 gene is involved in development of reproductive organs in the ornamental asparagus, Asparagus virgatus

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Yun, Pil Yong ^a   Ito, Takuro ^a   Kim, So Young ^a   Kanno, Akira ^a   Kameya, Toshiaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AGAMOUS; Asparagus virgatus; AVAG1; Flower development; MADS box

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS VIRGATUS; HYACINTHUS; PHALAENOPSIS;

EID: 2542489675     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-004-0212-1     Document Type: Article

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