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Flower development in the passion fruit Passiflora edulis requires a photoperiod-induced systemic graft-transmissible signal.
Plant, cell & environment - 1 Dec 2010
Nave Nahum, Katz Ehud, Chayut Noam, Gazit Shmuel, Samach Alon
Abstract excerpt
Different organisms use gradual seasonal changes in photoperiod to correctly time diverse developmental processes, such as transition to flowering in plants. Florigen is a systemic signal formed in leaves exposed to specific environmental cues, mainly photoperiodic, and capable of triggering flower induction in several species. Here we show that in Passiflora edulis, a perennial climbing vine, flower initiation...
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