Precocious flowering in trees: The FLOWERING LOCUS T gene as a research and breeding tool in Populus

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2549-2560

  Zhang, Huanling ^a   Harry, David E ^b   Ma, Cathleen ^b   Yuceer, Cetin ^c   Hsu, Chuan Yu ^c   Vikram, Vikas ^d   Shevchenko, Olga ^b   Etherington, Elizabeth ^b   Strauss, Steven H ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Grafting; Reproduction; Transgenes

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ASPEN; BOTANY; BREEDING; CELL CLONE; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT GENE; POLLEN; RESEARCH; REVIEW; TREE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BOTANY; BREEDING; CLONE CELLS; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENES, PLANT; GENOTYPE; HOT TEMPERATURE; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; POPULUS; RESEARCH; TREES;

ARABIDOPSIS; POPULUS;

EID: 77954736020     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq092     Document Type: Review

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