Factors affecting flowering in ornamental plants

Flower Breeding and Genetics: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century

Volumn 9781402044281, Issue , 2006, Pages 7-48

  Erwin, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dormancy, facultative irradiance response; Floral evocation; Floral induction; Flower development; Flower initiation; Heat delay; Irradiance indifference; Phase change; Plant growth regulators; Vernalization

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EID: 77949348170     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4428-1_1     Document Type: Chapter

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