Effect of extending the photoperiod with low-intensity red or far-red light on the timing of shoot elongation and flower-bud formation of 1-year-old Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia)

Tree Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 534-546

  Ito, Akiko ^a   Saito, Takanori ^a,b   Nishijima, Takaaki ^c   Moriguchi, Takaya ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cytokinin; flowering related genes; fluorescence lamp; gibberellic acid; light emitting diodes; phase transition

Indexed keywords

BUDBURST; FLOWERING; HORMONE; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOPERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHOOT GROWTH; TREE;

EID: 84902296637     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu033     Document Type: Article

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