Flowering in snow tussock (Chionochloa spp.) is influenced by temperature and hormonal cues

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-50

  Turnbull, Matthew H ^a   Pharis, Richard P ^b   Kurepin, Leonid V ^b   Sarfati, Michal ^a   Mander, Lewis N ^c   Kelly, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chionochloa pallens ssp. cadens; Chionochloa rubra ssp. cuprea; gibberellins; hormones; mast seeding; predator satiation; resource limitation; root pruning; temperature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CATABOLISM; CHEMICAL CUE; CHLORIDE; FLOWERING; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HORMONE; LIMITING FACTOR; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SEED PREDATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRESHOLD;

NEW ZEALAND;

CHIONOCHLOA; CHIONOCHLOA PALLENS; CHIONOCHLOA RUBRA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM TEMULENTUM;

EID: 84855957803     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP11116     Document Type: Article

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