Identification of a TFL1 ortholog in Japanese apricot (Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.)

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 608-616

  Esumi, Tomoya ^a   Kitamura, Yuto ^a   Hagihara, Chiya ^a   Yamane, Hisayo ^a   Tao, Ryutaro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Floral induction; Flowering; Phase transition

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BUD; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE CONTROL; FLOWERING; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION; VIRAL DISEASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS ARMENIACA; PRUNUS MUME;

EID: 77954385165     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2010.05.016     Document Type: Article

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