GA signaling and CO/FT regulatory module mediate salt-induced late flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-206

  Li, Kexue ^a   Wang, Youning ^a   Han, Chunyu ^a   Zhang, Wensheng ^a   Jia, Huizhen ^b   Li, Xia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b Shijiazhuang College   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Flowering control pathways; Flowering time; Plant stress response; Salt stress

Indexed keywords

SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

FLOWERING CONTROL PATHWAYS; FLOWERING TIME; PLANT STRESS RESPONSE; SALT STRESS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 35448935591     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-007-9218-7     Document Type: Article

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