Naturally occurring ectopic growths in certain Xanthosoma and Begonia cultivars and the problem of leaf dorsiventral polarity

New Phytologist

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-13

  Korn, Robert ^a  

^a BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Begonia; Ectopic growth; Leaf dorsoventrality; Pre pattern; Xanthosoma

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; BEGONIACEAE; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LETTER; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; TRANSGENIC PLANT; XANTHOSOMA;

ARABIDOPSIS; BEGONIACEAE; BODY PATTERNING; CELL POLARITY; GENES, PLANT; MUTATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; XANTHOSOMA;

BEGONIA; XANTHOSOMA;

EID: 77954588662     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03243.x     Document Type: Letter

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