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The Relationship between auxin transport and maize branching.
Plant physiology - 1 Aug 2008
Gallavotti Andrea, Yang Yan, Schmidt Robert J, Jackson David
Abstract excerpt
Maize (Zea mays) plants make different types of vegetative or reproductive branches during development. Branches develop from axillary meristems produced on the flanks of the vegetative or inflorescence shoot apical meristem. Among these branches are the spikelets, short grass-specific structures, produced by determinate axillary spikelet-pair and spikelet meristems. We investigated the mechanism of branching in...
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