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A Specific Gibberellin 20-Oxidase Dictates the Flowering-Runnering Decision in Diploid Strawberry.
The Plant cell - 1 Sept 2017
Tenreira Tracey, Lange Maria João Pimenta, Lange Theo, Bres Cécile, Labadie Marc, Monfort Amparo, Hernould Michel, Rothan Christophe, Denoyes Béatrice
Abstract excerpt
Asexual and sexual reproduction occur jointly in many angiosperms. Stolons (elongated stems) are used for asexual reproduction in the crop species potato (Solanum tuberosum) and strawberry (Fragaria spp), where they produce tubers and clonal plants, respectively. In strawberry, stolon production is essential for vegetative propagation at the expense of fruit yield, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are...
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