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Expression of FcFT1, a FLOWERING LOCUS T-like gene, is regulated by light and associated with inflorescence differentiation in fig (Ficus carica L.).
BMC plant biology - 16 Dec 2013
Ikegami Hidetoshi, Nogata Hitoshi, Inoue Yoshiaki, Himeno Shuichi, Yakushiji Hiroshi, Hirata Chiharu, Hirashima Keita, Mori Masashi, Awamura Mitsuo, Nakahara Takao
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Because the floral induction occurs in many plants when specific environmental conditions are satisfied, most plants bloom and bear fruit during the same season each year. In fig, by contrast, the time interval during which inflorescence (flower bud, fruit) differentiation occurs corresponds to the shoot elongation period. Fig trees thus differ from many species in their reproductive growth...
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