Understanding chilling responses in Arabidopsis seeds and their contribution to life history

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1586, 2012, Pages 291-297

  Penfield, Steven ^a   Springthorpe, Victoria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Chilling; Life history; Seed dormancy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANNUAL PLANT; BREEDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TOLERANCE; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWERING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERMINATION; GROWING SEASON; LIFE HISTORY; MATURATION; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEED BANK; SEED DORMANCY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VERNALIZATION;

EID: 82755174162     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0186     Document Type: Article

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