Natural variation in germination responses of Arabidopsis to seasonal cues and their associated physiological mechanisms

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 209-226

  Barua, Deepak ^a   Butler, Colleen ^b   Tisdale, Tracy E ^c   Donohue, Kathleen ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Arabidopsis thaliana; dormancy; germination; gibberellic acid; hormonal sensitivity; natural variation; pleiotropy

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; GIBBERELLIC ACID; GIBBERELLIN; PHYTOHORMONE;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COATING; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DORMANCY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; HORMONE; INBREEDING; ORGANIC ACID; PERMEABILITY; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLEIOTROPY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECOMBINATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIALIZATION;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INBREEDING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEASON; SEED DORMANCY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ABSCISIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMINATION; GIBBERELLINS; INBREEDING; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; SEASONS; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDS; WASHINGTON;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84555178088     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr264     Document Type: Article

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