The role of ascorbic acid in the control of flowering time and the onset of senescence

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1657-1665

  Barth, Carina ^a   De Tullio, Mario ^b   Conklin, Patricia L ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Ascorbic acid; Flowering; Senescence

Indexed keywords

GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; HORMONES; VEGETATION; VITAMINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ASCORBIC ACID; FLOWERING; SENESCENCE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; PHYTOHORMONE;

AGING; ARABIDOPSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOWER; GENETICS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARABIDOPSIS; ASCORBIC ACID; FLOWERS; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; TIME FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 33745600797     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erj198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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