New Insights of Salicylic Acid Into Stamen Abortion of Female Flowers in Tung Tree (Vernicia fordii)

Tung tree (Vernicia fordii), an economically important woody oil plant, is a monoecious and diclinous species with male and female flowers on the same inflorescence. The extremely low proportion of female flowers leads to low fruit yield in tung orchards. The female flower normally develops along wi...

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Main Authors: Meilan Liu, Wenying Li, Guang Zhao, Xiaoming Fan, Hongxu Long, Yanru Fan, Mingwang Shi, Xiaofeng Tan, Lin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2019.00316/full