The effect of day-neutral mutations in barley and wheat on the interaction between photoperiod and vernalization

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2267-2277

  Turner, Adrian S ^a   Faure, Sébastien ^b   Zhang, Yang ^a   Laurie, David A ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Biogemma   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN CLOCK; CONSTITUTIVELY ACTIVES; EARLY-FLOWERING; GENETIC BACKGROUNDS; HORDEUM VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VERNALIZATION REQUIREMENT; WILD-TYPE PLANTS;

CLOCKS; GENES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS BREEDING; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HORDEUM; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT GENE; SEASON; WHEAT;

ALLELES; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOTYPE; HORDEUM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT PROTEINS; SEASONS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84883243328     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-013-2133-6     Document Type: Article

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