Over-expression of an FT-homologous gene of apple induces early xowering in annual and perennial plants

Planta

Volumn 232, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1309-1324

  Tränkner, Conny ^a   Lehmann, Sandra ^b   Hoenicka, Hans ^c   Hanke, Magda Viola ^d   Fladung, Matthias ^c   Lenhardt, Denise ^c   Dunemann, Frank ^d   Gau, Achim ^b   Schlangen, Karin ^e   Malnoy, Mickael ^f   Flachowsky, Henryk ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^e CIC BIOGUNE   (Spain)

^f RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apple (Malus domestica); Early Xowering; FLOWERING LOCUS T; Juvenility; MdFT1; Transformation

Indexed keywords

APPLE; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; PLANT GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; MALUS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 78650304990     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-010-1254-2     Document Type: Article

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