EARLY FLOWERING3 regulates flowering in spring barley by mediating gibberellin production and FLOWERING LOCUS T expression

Plant Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1557-1569

  Boden, Scott A ^a   Weiss, David ^b   Ross, John J ^c   Davies, Noel W ^d   Trevaskis, Ben ^a   Chandler, Peter M ^a   Swain, Steve M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84901425107     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.123794     Document Type: Article

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