Allelic variation in the perennial ryegrass FLOWERING LOCUS T Gene is associated with changes in flowering time across a range of populations

Plant Physiology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1013-1022

  Skøt, Leif ^a   Sanderson, Ruth ^a   Thomas, Ann ^a   Skøt, Kirsten ^a   Thorogood, Danny ^a   Latypova, Galina ^a   Asp, Torben ^b   Armstead, Ian ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; LOLIUM PERENNE; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 79551711529     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.169870     Document Type: Article

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