Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most important crops in the world. Since the completion of
rice reference genome sequences, tremendous progress has been achieved in …

Highlights•Conserved and diverged functions of flowering time genes in Arabidopsis and
crops.•Flowering time regulation in crops via pathways unique to certain species.•Allelic …

Many plants use information about changing day length (photoperiod) to align their
flowering time with seasonal changes to increase reproductive success. A mechanism for …

Rice (Oryza sativa) is a short‐day (SD) plant originally having strong photoperiod sensitivity
(PS), with SDs promoting and long days (LDs) suppressing flowering. Although the evolution …

Photoperiod-measuring mechanisms allow organisms to anticipate seasonal changes to
align reproduction and growth with appropriate times of the year. This review provides …

Zinc-finger proteins, a superfamily of proteins with a typical structural domain that
coordinates a zinc ion and binds nucleic acids, participate in the regulation of growth …

Success of modern agriculture relies heavily on breeding of crops with maximal regional
adaptability and yield potentials. A major limiting factor for crop cultivation is their flowering …

Molecular genetic studies using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system have
overwhelmingly revealed many important molecular mechanisms underlying the control of …

Abstract Background Rice (Oryza sativa) and Arabidopsis thaliana have been widely used
as model systems to understand how plants control flowering time in response to …

Correct measurement of environmental parameters is fundamental for plant fitness and
survival, as well as for timing developmental transitions, including the switch from vegetative …