Why is ethylene involved in selective promotion of female flower development in cucumber?

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1052-1056

  Sun, Jin Jing ^a,b   Li, Feng ^a,b   Li, Xia ^a,b   Liu, Xiao Chuan ^a,b   Rao, Guang Yuan ^a,b   Luo, Jing Chu ^a,b   Wang, Dong Hui ^a,b   Xu, Zhi Hong ^a,b   Bai, Shu Nong ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The National Center of Plant Gene Research (Beijing)   (China)

Author keywords

Ethylene; F gene; M gene; MicroRNA; Unisexual flower

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 77957711208     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.5.8.12411     Document Type: Article

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