Flowering time control in annual legumes: Prospects in a changing global climate

CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nelson, Matthew N ^a   Berger, Jens D ^a,b   Erskine, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Ecophysiology; Phenology; Photothermal model; Plant breeding; Signalling pathways

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957927749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PAVSNNR20105017     Document Type: Review

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