Genetic and molecular bases of photoperiod responses of flowering in soybean

Breeding Science

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 531-543

  Watanabe, Satoshi ^a   Harada, Kyuya ^a   Abe, Jun ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flowering; Maturity gene; Photoperiod sensitivity; Soybean

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84856772232     PISSN: 13447610     EISSN: 13473735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.61.531     Document Type: Review

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