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Flower initiation is a paradigm of the long-distance signalling system in higher plants. In most plants, indeed, this developmental step is influenced by a variety of environmental factors. Each of these factors is most perceived by a particular plant part, either the leaves or the shoot apices or the roots. As a result, the various plant parts then exchange a number of signals. When the environmental conditions are favourable for flowering, this ultimately leads some target shoot meristems to shift from vegetative to reproductive growth and morphogenesis.
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Bernier, G. (1992). The Control of Flower Formation: Exogenous and Endogenous. In: Dattée, Y., Dumas, C., Gallais, A. (eds) Reproductive Biology and Plant Breeding. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76998-6_3
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