Genetics of flower initiation and development in annual and perennial plants

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-17

  Tan, Fui Ching ^a   Swain, Steve M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GENE FUNCTIONS; INFLORESCENCE MERISTEMS; PERENNIALS; REPRODUCTIVE GROWTH;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CITRUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 33747096135     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00724.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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