Improvement of horticultural and ornamental crops through transgenic manipulation of the phytochrome family of plant photoreceptors

Journal of Crop Improvement

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 263-278

  Franklin, Keara A ^a   Whitelam, Garry C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hotomorphogenesis; Phytochrome; Plant architecture; Reproductive development; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751513837     PISSN: 15427528     EISSN: 15427536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J411v17n01_10     Document Type: Review

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