How does the meristem of sunflower capitulum cope with tissue expansion and floret initiation? A quantitative analysis

New Phytologist

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 711-722

  Dosio, Guillermo A A ^a,b   Tardieu, François ^a   Turc, Olivier ^a  

^a UMR 759 LEPSE   (France)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Capitulum; Floret number; Meristem; Primordium initiation; Sunflower (Helianthus annuus); Tissue expansion

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; LIGHT AVAILABILITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; MERISTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUNFLOWER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOMASS; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FLOWERS; HELIANTHUS; KINETICS; MERISTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

EID: 33646696156     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01702.x     Document Type: Article

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