Adaptation to the local environment by modifications of the photoperiod response in crops

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 594-604

  Nakamichi, Norihito ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Flowering time; Post domestication spread

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CROP; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWER; GENETICS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWERS; PHOTOPERIOD;

EID: 84941943794     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu181     Document Type: Article

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