Beyond heading time: FT-like genes and spike development in cereals

Haiyang Liu; Song Song; Yongzhong Xing

doi:10.1093/jxb/ery408

Beyond heading time: FT-like genes and spike development in cereals

J Exp Bot. 2019 Jan 1;70(1):1-3. doi: 10.1093/jxb/ery408.

Authors

Haiyang Liu¹, Song Song¹, Yongzhong Xing¹

Affiliation

¹ National Key Lab of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.

Abstract

This article comments on:

Shaw LM, Lyu B, Turner R, Li C, Chen F, Han X, Fu D, Dubcovsky J. 2018. FLOWERING LOCUS T2 regulates spike development and fertility in temperate cereals. Journal of Experimental Botany 70, 193–204.

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MeSH terms

Edible Grain / genetics*
Fertility
Flowers
Genes, Plant*