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Topic:
Alligator gar genomics & physiology
IGBB Scientists:
Federico Hoffmann
Peter Allen
Daniel Peterson
IGBB Staff
Funding:
IGBB
Precocious flowering in trees: the FLOWERING LOCUS T gene as a research and breeding tool in PopulusIGBB Authors:
Chuan-Yu Hsu, Cetin YuceerPUBLICATION YEAR:
2010IMPACT FACTOR:
4.762CITATION COUNT:
108Zhang H, Harry DE, Ma C, Yuceer C, Hsu CY, Vikram V, Shevchenko O, Etherington E,Strauss SH (2010) Precocious flowering in trees: the FLOWERING LOCUS T gene as a research and breeding tool in Populus.
Journal of Experimental Botany 61(10): 2549-2560.
DOI:
10.1093/jxb/erq092EID:
2-s2.0-77954736020PMID: 20406786
DOWNLOAD PDFABSTRACTExpression of FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) and its homologues has been shown to accelerate the onset of flowering in a number of plant species, including poplar (Populus spp.). The application of FT should be of particular use in forest trees, as it could greatly accelerate and enable new kinds of breeding and research. Recent evidence showing the extent to which FT is effective in promoting flowering in trees is discussed, and its effectiveness in poplar is reported. Results using one FT gene from Arabidopsis and two from poplar, all driven by a heat-inducible promoter, transformed into two poplar genotypes are also described. Substantial variation in flowering response was observed depending on the FT gene and genetic background. Heat-induced plants shorter than 30 cm failed to flower as well as taller plants. Plants exposed to daily heat treatments lasting 3 weeks tended to produce fewer abnormal flowers than those in heat treatments of shorter durations; increasing the inductive temperature from 37 degrees C to 40 degrees C produced similar benefits. Using optimal induction conditions, approximately 90% of transgenic plants could be induced to flower. When induced FT rootstocks were grafted with scions that lacked FT, flowering was only observed in rootstocks. The results suggest that a considerable amount of species- or genotype-specific adaptation will be required to develop FT into a reliable means for shortening the generation cycle for breeding in poplar.
Dr. Esteban GaleanoAssistant Professor
ForestryIGBB Affiliate
email(662) 325-7782
Dr. William KingeryProfessor
Plant & Soil SciencesIGBB Affiliate
email(662) 325-2311
Dr. Shankar G. ShanmugamAssistant Research Professor
FACULTY
email(662) 325-0807
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