The regulation of seasonal flowering in the Rosaceae

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 4131-4141

  Kurokura, Takeshi ^a,b,c   Mimida, Naozumi ^d   Battey, Nicholas H ^a   Hytönen, Timo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apple; Perennial; Raspberry; Rose; Strawberry; TFL1

Indexed keywords

REPRESSOR PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

APPLE; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PERENNIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; RASPBERRY; REVIEW; ROSACEAE; ROSE; SEASON; STRAWBERRY; TFL1;

APPLE; PERENNIAL; RASPBERRY; ROSE; STRAWBERRY; TFL1;

ENVIRONMENT; FLOWERS; PLANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; ROSACEAE; SEASONS;

EID: 84887900136     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert233     Document Type: Review

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