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Loss of floral repressor function adapts rice to higher latitudes in Europe.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Apr 2015
Gómez-Ariza Jorge, Galbiati Francesca, Goretti Daniela, Brambilla Vittoria, Shrestha Roshi, Pappolla Andrea, Courtois Brigitte, Fornara Fabio
Abstract excerpt
The capacity to discriminate variations in day length allows plants to align flowering with the most favourable season of the year. This capacity has been altered by artificial selection when cultivated varieties became adapted to environments different from those of initial domestication. Rice flowering is promoted by short days when HEADING DATE 1 (Hd1) and EARLY HEADING DATE 1 (Ehd1) induce the expression of...
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