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 …

Nucleotide polymorphism affecting FLC expression underpins heading date variation in horticultural brassicas

JA Irwin, E Soumpourou, C Lister, JD Ligthart… - The Plant …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Variation in flowering time and response to overwintering has been exploited to breed
brassica vegetables that can be harvested year‐round. Our knowledge of flowering time …

Identification and physical mapping of QTLs associated with flowering time in Brassica napus L.

K Yu, X Wang, W Li, L Sun, Q Peng, F Chen, W Zhang… - Euphytica, 2019 - Springer
Flowering time regulation is crucial to yield of rapeseed (Brassica napus L.). However,
insight into the loci controlling flowering time variation in rapeseed is not clear enough. In …

Genome-Wide Identification of Flowering-Time Genes in Brassica Species and Reveals a Correlation between Selective Pressure and Expression Patterns of Vernalization …

H Li, Y Fan, J Yu, L Chai, J Zhang, J Jiang… - International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Flowering time is a key agronomic trait, directly influencing crop yield and quality. Many
flowering-time genes have been identified and characterized in the model plant Arabidopsis …

Identification of heat tolerance loci in broccoli through bulked segregant analysis using whole genome resequencing

SE Branham, MW Farnham - Euphytica, 2019 - Springer
Most broccoli cultivars are sensitive to high temperatures during the early stages of floral
development causing a severe decline of head quality or even complete lack of head …

Genome-wide transcriptomic analysis uncovers the molecular basis underlying early flowering and apetalous characteristic in Brassica napus L

K Yu, X Wang, F Chen, S Chen, Q Peng, H Li… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Floral transition and petal onset, as two main aspects of flower development, are crucial to
rapeseed evolutionary success and yield formation. Currently, very little is known regarding …

BnPLP1 Positively Regulates Flowering Time, Plant Height, and Main Inflorescence Length in Brassica napus

T Ding, L Cai, Y He, Y Li, E Tian, Q Zhou, X Zhou… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Protein prenylation mediated by the Arabidopsis thaliana PLURIPETALA (AtPLP) gene
plays a crucial role in plant growth, development, and environmental response by adding a …

Molecular Evaluation of the Effects of FLC Homologs and Coordinating Regulators on the Flowering Responses to Vernalization in Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var …

JY Ahn, S Subburaj, F Yan, J Yao, A Chandrasekaran… - Genes, 2024 - mdpi.com
The flowering loci of cabbage must be understood to boost their productivity. In this study, to
clarify the flowering mechanisms of cabbage, we examined the three flowering repressors …

Molecular Evaluation of FLC Homologs and Coordinating Regulators on the Flowering Responses to Chilling Temperature in Cabbage (Brassica oleraceae var …

JY Ahn, S Subburaj, F Yan, Y Jian, C Ajithan, KG Ahn… - 2023 - preprints.org
Cabbage (B. oleracea var. capitata) contains three FLC homolog genes (BoFLC1, BoFLC2,
and BoFLC3) and one pseudogene (BoFLC5) that responds to low temperatures necessary …

The vernalization gene FRIGIDA in cultivated Brassica species

OA Fadina, EE Khavkin - Russian journal of plant physiology, 2014 - Springer
Abstract The repressor FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) holds a key position among the
genes, which drive Arabidopsis floral transition along the vernalization pathway. The …