Exogenous gibberellins induce wheat spike development under short days only in the presence of VERNALIZATION1

Plant Physiology

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1433-1445

  Pearce, Stephen ^a   Vanzetti, Leonardo S ^b,c   Dubcovsky, Jorge ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria Estacion Experimental Agropecuaria Marcos Juarez   (Argentina)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

GIBBERELLIN; PHYTOHORMONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; MUTATION; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRITICUM;

EID: 84886803945     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.225854     Document Type: Article

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