Hormonal control of grass inflorescence development

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 656-662

  Barazesh, Solmaz ^a   McSteen, Paula ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKININ; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE;

ARABIDOPSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOWERING; GENDER AND SEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOKININS; FLOWERING TOPS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MERISTEM; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; POACEAE; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ORYZA SATIVA; POACEAE; SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 56549108176     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2008.09.007     Document Type: Review

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