Diversity in environmental controls of flowering in Australian plants

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-167

  King, R W ^a   Worrall, R ^b   Dawson, I A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian plants; Environment; Flowering; Global warming; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOWERING; GLOBAL WARMING; HORTICULTURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOPERIOD; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CALYTRIX; CROWEA; CROWEA EXALATA; LECHENAULTIA;

EID: 50149112166     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2008.05.032     Document Type: Article

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