Reproductive Development

Annual Plant Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue , 2007, Pages 293-310

  Blázquez, Miguel A ^a   León, José ^a  

^a Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brassinosteroids; Flower development; Flowering time; Fruit development; Fruit maturation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960522574     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470988800.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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