Characterization of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) mutants affected in their flowering time and in the morphogenesis of their reproductive structure

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1381-1390

  Quinet, Muriel ^a   Dubois, Céline ^a   Goffin, Marie Christine ^a   Chao, Jaime ^a   Dielen, Vincent ^a   Batoko, Henri ^a   Boutry, Marc ^a   Kinet, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Compound inflorescence; Floral transition; Inflorescence structure; Jointless; Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.; Meristem identity; Mutant; Season effect; Single flower truss; Solanum lycopersicum L.; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENES;

COMPOUND INFLORESCENCE; FLORAL TRANSITION; INFLORESCENCE STRUCTURE; JOINTLESS; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM L.;

FRUITS;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; TOMATO;

DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLOWERS; GENES, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

ANATOMY; FLOWERS; GENES; TOMATOES;

ARABIDOPSIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 33645735535     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erj117     Document Type: Article

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