The flowering plant
Plant responses to the environment are shaped by external stimuli and internal signaling pathways. In both the model plant
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10046066
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Plant Direct
- Volume:
- 1
- Issue:
- 4
- ISSN:
- 2475-4455
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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