Role of floral homeotic genes in the morphology of forchlorfenuron-induced paracorollas in Torenia fournieri lind

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 204-212

  Niki, Tomoya ^a,b   Hirai, Masayo ^c,d   Niki, Tomoko ^a   Kanno, Akira ^c   Nishijima, Takaaki ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokinin; Floral organ identity; Intermediate floral organ; MADS box genes

Indexed keywords

TORENIA; TORENIA FOURNIERI;

EID: 84859813745     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: 1882336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs1.81.204     Document Type: Article

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