Genetic variation in yield under hot ambient temperatures spotlights a role for cytokinin in protection of developing floral primordia

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 643-657

  Sobol, Shiri ^a   Chayut, Noam ^a   Nave, Nahum ^a   Kafle, Dinesh ^a   Hegele, Martin ^b   Kaminetsky, Rina ^c   Wünsche, Jens N ^b   Samach, Alon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Flower development; Gibberellins; Natural variation; Off season flowering; Passiflora edulis; Plastochron.

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLOWERING; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH REGULATOR; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HORMONE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT BREEDING; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VINE;

ARABIDOPSIS; PASSIFLORA EDULIS;

CYTOKININ; GIBBERELLIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; FLOWER; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; METABOLISM; NATURAL VARIATION; OFF-SEASON FLOWERING; PASSIFLORA; PASSION FRUIT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLASTOCHRON.; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; GIBBERELLINS; NATURAL VARIATION; OFF-SEASON FLOWERING; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; PLASTOCHRON.;

ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOKININS; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GIBBERELLINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PASSIFLORA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84892787877     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12184     Document Type: Article

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