Recent Advances in Flowering Time Control

• Main Author: Maria von Korff (auth)
• Other Authors: Christian Jung (auth), Klaus Pillen (auth), George Coupland (auth), Dorothee Staiger (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Genetics (non-medical); crop plants; Phenological development; Arabidopsis; floral transition; Prunus; barley; wheat; rice; Tomato; BEET
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The onset of flowering is an important step during the lifetime of a flowering plant. During the past two decades, there has been enormous progress in our understanding of how internal and external (environmental) cues control the transition to reproductive growth in plants. Many flowering time regu...