Flowering and apical meristem growth dynamics

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-201

  Kwiatkowska, Dorota ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Flower primordium; Geometry; Growth; Inflorescence; Shoot apical meristem; Transition from vegetative to reproductive phase

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOMECHANICS; BOTANY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOMECHANICS; BOTANY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FLOWERS; MERISTEM; PLANT SHOOTS;

EID: 41649105134     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm290     Document Type: Review

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