Flowering time regulation: Photoperiod- and temperature-sensing in leaves

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 575-583

  Song, Young Hun ^a   Ito, Shogo ^b   Imaizumi, Takato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Florigen; Flowering; FLOWERING LOCUS T; Gibberellic acid; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

FLORIGEN; GIBBERELLIC ACID;

ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOWER; FLOWERING; FLOWERING LOCUS T; GENETICS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

AMBIENT TEMPERATURE; FLORIGEN; FLOWERING; FLOWERING LOCUS T; GIBBERELLIC ACID; PHOTOPERIOD;

FLOWERS; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT LEAVES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884815512     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2013.05.003     Document Type: Review

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