Heterochronic development of the floret meristem determines grain number per spikelet in diploid, tetraploid and hexaploid wheats
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Heterochronic development of the floret meristem determines grain number per spikelet in diploid, tetraploid and hexaploid wheats.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS The inflorescence of grass species such as wheat, rice and maize consists of a unique reproductive structure called the spikelet, which is comprised of one, a few, or several florets (individual flowers). When reproductive growth is initiated, the inflorescence meristem differentiates a spikelet meristem as a lateral branch; the spikelet meristem then produces a floret meris...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Botany
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1095-8290,0305-7364
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp129