Flowering and determinacy in maize

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 909-916

  Bortiri, Esteban ^a   Hake, Sarah ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Determinacy; Flowers; Inflorescence; Maize; Meristem; Spikelets

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELLS; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DETERMINACY; MUTANTS; SPIKELETS;

CROPS;

CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; MERISTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MERISTEM; ZEA MAYS;

ANGIOSPERMS; CORN; FLOWERS; GRASSES; INFLORESCENCE; MERISTEMS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34247241005     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm015     Document Type: Review

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