Interaction of photoperiod and vernalization determines flowering time of Brachypodium distachyon

Plant Physiology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 694-709

  Ream, Thomas S ^a,b   Woods, Daniel P ^a   Schwartz, Christopher J ^a   Sanabria, Claudia P ^a   Mahoy, Jill A ^a   Walters, Eric M ^a,c   Kaeppler, Heidi F ^a   Amasino, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRACHYPODIUM; COLD; ECOTYPE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TIME; UPREGULATION;

BRACHYPODIUM; COLD TEMPERATURE; ECOTYPE; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84893444193     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.232678     Document Type: Article

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