GmFT2a, a soybean homolog of FLOWERING LOCUS T, is involved in flowering transition and maintenance.

BACKGROUND: Flowering reversion can be induced in soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.), a typical short-day (SD) dicot, by switching from SD to long-day (LD) photoperiods. This process may involve florigen, putatively encoded by FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) in Arabidopsis thaliana. However, little is known abou...

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Main Authors: Hongbo Sun, Zhen Jia, Dong Cao, Bingjun Jiang, Cunxiang Wu, Wensheng Hou, Yike Liu, Zhihong Fei, Dazhong Zhao, Tianfu Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3237611?pdf=render