Plants respond to the changing seasons to initiate developmental programmes precisely at
particular times of year. Flowering is the best characterized of these seasonal responses …

In plant development, the flowering transition and inflorescence architecture are modulated
by two homologous proteins, FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) and TERMINAL FLOWER 1 …

Plants have evolved many systems to sense their environment and to modify their growth
and development accordingly. One example is vernalization, the process by which flowering …

At a certain point in their life cycle, annual plants undergo a major developmental transition
and switch from vegetative to reproductive development. This process is rarely reversible …

One of the key developmental processes in flowering plants is the differentiation of the shoot
apical meristem into a floral meristem. This transition is regulated through the integration of …

Polycomb group (PcG)-mediated histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) has a key
role in gene repression and developmental regulation,,,. There is evidence that H3K27me3 …

Flower development at the shoot apex is initiated in response to environmental cues. Day
length is one of the most important of these and is perceived in the leaves. A systemic signal …

In flowering plants, seed development is initiated by the fusion of the maternal egg and
central cells with two paternal sperm cells, leading to the formation of embryo and …

TERMINAL FLOWER 2/LIKE HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1 (TFL2/LHP1) is the only
Arabidopsis protein with overall sequence similarity to the HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN …

In Arabidopsis, several genetic pathways controlling the floral transition (flowering) are
integrated at the transcriptional regulation of FT, LFY and SOC1. TSF is the closest homolog …