Flowering regulation in the facultative biennial Oenothera biennis L.: Environmental effects and their relation to growth rate

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 593-599

  Giménez, Raúl ^a   Sorlino, Daniel M ^a   Bertero, Héctor D ^a,b   Ploschuk, Edmundo L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Flowering; Growth rate; High temperature; Oenothera biennis; Photoperiod; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; OENOTHERA BIENNIS; PHOTOPERIOD; VERNALIZATION;

CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GROWTH RATE; SEED;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FLOWERING; GROWTH RATE; HERB; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIFE CYCLE; PHOTOPERIOD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEED; SEEDLING; VERNALIZATION;

OENOTHERA; OENOTHERA BIENNIS;

EID: 84872499183     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.09.017     Document Type: Article

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