Genetic control of flower development, color and senescence of Dendrobium orchids

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 175, Issue , 2014, Pages 74-86

  Teixeira da Silva, Jaime A ^a   Aceto, Serena ^b   Liu, Wei ^c   Yu, Hao ^d   Kanno, Akira ^e  

^a Department of Biology University of Naples Federico II ^*  (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

'Orchid code'; Dendrobium; Floral traits; Floral transition; MADS box genes

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CROP IMPROVEMENT; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWERING; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYBRID; MONOCOTYLEDON; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; SENESCENCE;

EID: 84903165116     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2014.05.008     Document Type: Review

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