Promotion of flowering in azaleas by manipulating photoperiod and temperature induces epigenetic alterations during floral transition

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-92

  Meijón, Mónica ^a,b,d   Feito, Isabel ^c   Valledor, Luis ^a,b,e   Rodríguez, Roberto ^a,b   Cañal, María Jesús ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Biotecnologia de Asturias   (Spain)

^c Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario de Asturias   (Spain)

^d GREGOR MENDEL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT BIOLOGY   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA METHYLATION; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RHODODENDRON; SEASON; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE;

DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOPERIOD; RHODODENDRON; SEASONS; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE;

RHODODENDRON;

EID: 80051564547     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2011.01485.x     Document Type: Article

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