MODULATING THE TIMING OF FLOWERING

Authors
NILSSON O WEIGEL D
Citation
O. Nilsson et D. Weigel, MODULATING THE TIMING OF FLOWERING, Current opinion in biotechnology, 8(2), 1997, pp. 195-199
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology","Biochemical Research Methods
Journal title
Current opinion in biotechnology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09581669
Volume
8
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
195 - 199
Database
ISI
SICI code
0958-1669(1997)8:2<195:MTTOF>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Several genes that are normally involved in flower initiation have rec ently been shown to induce early flowering when expressed ectopically in transgenic plants. These findings permit the development of strateg ies for the rational manipulation of flowering time in agronomically i mportant plants.