DOG1-imposed dormancy mediates germination responses to temperature cues

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 33-43

  Murphey, Michael ^a   Kovach, Katherine ^a   Elnacash, Tarek ^a   He, Hanzi ^b   Bentsink, Leónie ^b   Donohue, Kathleen ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DOG1; Dormancy; Germination; Phenology

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; IMBIBITION; SEED DORMANCY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 84920103094     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2014.11.013     Document Type: Article

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