Morphological characterization and gene expression profiling during bud development in a tropical perennial, Litchi chinensis Sonn.

Tropical evergreen perennials undergo recurrent flush growth, and their terminal buds alternate between growth and dormancy. In sharp contrast to intensive studies on bud development in temperate deciduous trees, there is little information about bud development regulation in tropical trees. In this...

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Main Authors: Huifeng Zhang, Hua Li, Biao Lai, Haoqiang Xia, Hui-Cong Wang, Xuming Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.01517/full