A model-based framework for the phenotypic characterization of the flowering of Medicago truncatula

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-224

  Moreau, Delphine ^a   Salon, Christophe ^a   Munier Jolain, Nathalie ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Modelling; Photoperiod; Temperature; Thermal time; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOWERING; LEGUME; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIOD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VERNALIZATION;

ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

FLOWERS; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 33846088811     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2006.01620.x     Document Type: Article

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