A proposed model for the flowering signaling pathway of sugarcane under photoperiodic control

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1347-1359

  Coelho, C P ^a   Costa Netto, A C ^b   Colasanti, J ^c   Chalfun Junior, A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass yield; Floral induction; Flowering time genes; Photoperiodism; Saccharum spp; SUCEST

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COL1 GENE; COL10 GENE; COL5 GENE; COL6 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EHD1 GENE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FLOWERING; FT GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GHD7 GENE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT GENE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUGARCANE; TERMINAL FLOWER 1 GENE; ZCN8 GENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; SACCHARUM;

EID: 84876882268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/2013.April.25.6     Document Type: Article

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