FT genes and regulation of flowering in the legume Medicago truncatula

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1199-1207

  Putterill, Joanna ^a   Zhang, Lulu ^a   Yeoh, Chin Chin ^a   Balcerowicz, Martin ^a,b   Jaudal, Mauren ^a   Gasic, Erika Varkonyi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

circadian; CO like genes; FLC; pea.; repressor

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FLOWER; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; LEGUME; MUTATION; PHOTOPERIOD; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84887968749     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP13087     Document Type: Review

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