Molecular identification of genes controlling flowering time, maturity, and photoperiod response in soybean

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 298, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1217-1227

  Xia, Zhengjun ^a,b   Zhai, Hong ^a   Liu, Baohui ^a   Kong, Fanjiang ^a   Yuan, Xiaohui ^a   Wu, Hongyan ^a   Cober, Elroy R ^c   Harada, Kyuya ^d  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

E loci; Flowering time; Maturity; Photoperiodic response; Positional cloning; Soybean

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84864391980     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-012-0628-2     Document Type: Review

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