Article
Gibberellins promote vegetative phase change and reproductive maturity in maize.
Plant physiology - 1 Jun 1995
Evans M M, Poethig R S
Abstract excerpt
Postembryonic shoot development in maize (Zea mays L.) is divided into a juvenile vegetative phase, an adult vegetative phase, and a reproductive phase that differ in the expression of many morphological traits. A reduction in the endogenous levels of bioactive gibberellins (GAs) conditioned by any one of the dwarf1, dwarf3, dwarf5, or anther ear1 mutations in maize delays the transition from juvenile vegetative...
Topics
- Gibberellins
- Mutagenesis
- Phenotype
- Reproduction
- Species Specificity
- Zea mays
