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Constitutive expression of Arabidopsis LEAFY or APETALA1 genes in citrus reduces their generation time.
Nature biotechnology - 1 Mar 2001
Peña L, Martín-Trillo M, Juárez J, Pina J A, Navarro L, Martínez-Zapater J M
Abstract excerpt
Citrus trees have a long juvenile phase that delays their reproductive development by between 6 and 20 years, depending on the species. With the aim of accelerating their flowering time, we transformed juvenile citrus seedlings to constitutively express the Arabidopsis LEAFY (LFY) or APETALA1 (AP1) genes, which promote flower initiation in Arabidopsis. Both types of transgenic citrus produced fertile flowers and...
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