Grass architecture: genetic and environmental control of branching

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-25

  Doust, Andrew N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; POACEAE; REVIEW;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENES, PLANT; MERISTEM; POACEAE;

ARABIDOPSIS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PETUNIA; PISUM SATIVUM; POACEAE;

EID: 33846038255     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2006.11.015     Document Type: Review

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