Flowering time

Genomics and Breeding for Climate-Resilient Crops: Vol. 2 Target Traits

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-66

  Bentley, A R ^a   Jensen, E F ^b   Mackay, I J ^a   Honicka H ^c   Fladung, M ^c   Hori, K ^d   Yano, M ^d   Mullet, J E ^e   Armstead, I P ^b   Hayes, C ^b   Thorogood, D ^b   Lovatt, A ^b   Morris, R ^f   Pullen, N ^f   Mutasa Gottgens E ^a   Cockram, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-37048-9_1     Document Type: Chapter

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