Open AccessBitter Taste of Winter: Gentiobiose Regulates Overwintering Bud Dormancy in Gentiana
Author(s) -
Jennifer Lockhart
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.114.132951
Subject(s) - overwintering , biology , gentiana , dormancy , perennial plant , deciduous , ornamental plant , botany , horticulture , germination
It’s that time again. Deciduous plants are shedding their leaves in preparation for the long, cold winter ahead. Ornamental perennials such as alpine gentians ( Gentiana ) are busy producing overwintering buds (OWBs), which persist through the cold, snowy winter until the onset of budbreak in the
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