Remembering winter through vernalisation

S Xu, K Chong - Nature Plants, 2018 - nature.com
Vernalisation is the programmed physiological process in which prolonged cold-exposure
provides competency to flower in plants; widely found in winter and biennial species, such …

MADS-box genes and crop domestication: the jack of all traits

S Schilling, S Pan, A Kennedy… - Journal of Experimental …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
MADS-box genes are key regulators of virtually every aspect of plant reproductive
development. They play especially prominent roles in flowering time control, inflorescence …

A genetic network mediating the control of bud break in hybrid aspen

RK Singh, JP Maurya, A Azeez, P Miskolczi… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
In boreal and temperate ecosystems, temperature signal regulates the reactivation of growth
(bud break) in perennials in the spring. Molecular basis of temperature-mediated control of …

Feedback regulation of COOLAIR expression controls seed dormancy and flowering time

M Chen, S Penfield - Science, 2018 - science.org
Plants integrate seasonal signals, including temperature and day length, to optimize the
timing of developmental transitions. Seasonal sensing requires the activity of two proteins …

Dissection of two quantitative trait loci with pleiotropic effects on plant height and spike length linked in coupling phase on the short arm of chromosome 2D of common …

L Chai, Z Chen, R Bian, H Zhai, X Cheng… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2018 - Springer
Key message Two QTL with pleiotropic effects on plant height and spike length linked in
coupling phase on chromosome 2DS were dissected, and diagnostic marker for each QTL …

Absence of warmth permits epigenetic memory of winter in Arabidopsis

J Hepworth, RL Antoniou-Kourounioti… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Plants integrate widely fluctuating temperatures to monitor seasonal progression. Here, we
investigate the temperature signals in field conditions that result in vernalisation, the …

Class VIIIb APETALA2 ethylene response factors in plant development

JW Chandler - Trends in plant science, 2018 - cell.com
The APETALA2 (AP2) transcription factor superfamily in many plant species is extremely
large. In addition to well-documented roles in stress responses, some AP2 members in …

Translating Flowering Time from Arabidopsis thaliana to Brassicaceae and Asteraceae Crop Species

W Leijten, R Koes, I Roobeek, G Frugis - Plants, 2018 - mdpi.com
Flowering and seed set are essential for plant species to survive, hence plants need to
adapt to highly variable environments to flower in the most favorable conditions …

Arabidopsis O‐GlcNAc transferase SEC activates histone methyltransferase ATX1 to regulate flowering

L Xing, Y Liu, S Xu, J Xiao, B Wang, H Deng… - The EMBO …, 2018 - embopress.org
Post‐translational modification of proteins by O‐linked β‐N‐acetylglucosamine (O‐Glc NA c)
is catalyzed by O‐Glc NA c transferases (OGT s). O‐Glc NA c modification of proteins …

Genetic dissection of the mechanism of flowering time based on an environmentally stable and specific QTL in Brassica napus

B Li, W Zhao, D Li, H Chao, X Zhao, N Ta, Y Li, Z Guan… - Plant science, 2018 - Elsevier
Flowering time is an important agronomic trait that is highly influenced by the environment.
To elucidate the genetic mechanism of flowering time in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.), a …