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Development and characterization of a spring hexaploid wheat line with no functional VRN2 genes.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Jul 2016
Kippes Nestor, Chen Andrew, Zhang Xiaoqin, Lukaszewski Adam J, Dubcovsky Jorge
Abstract excerpt
KEY MESSAGE: The combination of three non-functional alleles of the flowering repressor VRN2 results in a spring growth habit in wheat. In temperate cereals with a winter growth habit, a prolonged exposure to low temperatures (vernalization) accelerates flowering. Before vernalization, the VRN2 locus plays a central role in maintaining flowering repression. Non-functional VRN2 alleles result in spring growth...
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