Regulation of flowering in temperate cereals

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-184

  Distelfeld, A ^a   Li, C ^a   Dubcovsky, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; COLD; FLOWER; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; REVIEW;

CLIMATE; COLD TEMPERATURE; FLOWERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOPERIOD; POACEAE;

EID: 58449083785     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2008.12.010     Document Type: Review

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