Expression of flower promoting genes in sweet orange during floral inductive water deficits

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 88-94

  Chica, Eduardo J ^b   Gene Albrigo, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DEL LITORAL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

CsAP1; CsFT; CsLFY; CsSL1; Floral induction; Subtropical; Transcript accumulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875134734     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.138.2.88     Document Type: Article

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