Photoperiodic Control of Dormancy and Flowering in Trees

Photoperiodism: The Biological Calendar

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Heino, Pekka ^a   Nilsson, Ove ^b   Palva, Tapio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Dormancy; Flowering; Photoperiodic regulation; Trees

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920751967     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195335903.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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