Ectopic over-expression of two apple Flowering Locus T homologues, MdFT1 and MdFT2, reduces juvenile phase in Arabidopsis

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 639-646

  Li, W M ^a,b   Tao, Y ^a   Yao, Y X ^a   Hao, Y J ^a   You, C X ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

apple florigen; early flowering; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 77957121043     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-010-0114-z     Document Type: Article

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