Temporal and spatial expression patterns of the LEAFY homologue NLF during florogenesis in Narcissus tazetta

Plant Science

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-113

  Noy Porat, Tal ^a,b   Kamenetsky, Rina ^a   Eshel, Amram ^b   Flaishman, Moshe A ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bulb; Flowering regulation; LEAFY; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; NARCISSUS; NARCISSUS TAZETTA;

EID: 74849108511     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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