Vernalization response of Phleum pratense and its relationships to stem lignification and floral transition

Annals of Botany

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 697-707

  Seppänen, Mervi M ^a   Pakarinen, Kirsi ^b   Jokela, Venla ^a   Andersen, Jeppe R ^c   Fiil, Alice ^c   Santanen, Arja ^a   Virkajärvi, Perttu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apex development; canopy structure; elongation; flowering; freezing tolerance; lignification; Phleum pratense; regrowth; sclerenchyma ring; spring growth; timothy; vernalization; VRN1; VRN2

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; FLOWERING; FORAGE; FREEZE TOLERANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRASS; HARVESTING; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYTOMASS; REGROWTH; STEM; TILLERING; VERNALIZATION;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHLEUM PRATENSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHLEUM; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STEMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PHLEUM PRATENSE;

EID: 78049266370     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq174     Document Type: Article

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