Gibberellic acid in plant: Still a mystery unresolved

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Gupta, Ramwant ^a   Chakrabarty, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Gibberellic acid; Seed germination; Sex expression

Indexed keywords

GIBBERELLIC ACID; GIBBERELLIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; DORMANCY; FLOWER; GERMINATION; HISTORY; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SEX EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DORMANCY; GIBBERELLIC ACID; SEED GERMINATION; SEX EXPRESSION;

FLOWERS; GIBBERELLINS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MERISTEM; PLANT DORMANCY; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84883478036     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.25504     Document Type: Review

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