Revisiting tree maturation and floral initiation in the poplar functional genomics era

New Phytologist

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-51

  Brunner, Amy M ^a   Nilsson, Ove ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Floral initiation; Flowering time; Genomics; Juvenile phase; Populus; Tree maturation

Indexed keywords

GENOME; TREE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; POPULUS; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA SUBSP. TRICHOCARPA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS;

EID: 4644280905     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01165.x     Document Type: Review

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