The significance of bolting and floral transitions as indicators of reproductive phase change in Arabidopsis

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3367-3377

  Pouteau, Sylvie ^a   Albertini, Catherine ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Bolting; Ceiling photoperiod; Critical photoperiod; Daylength; Early flowering mutants; Flowering time; Phase change

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 68949158622     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp173     Document Type: Article

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