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The Evolution of Photoperiod-Insensitive Flowering in Sorghum, A Genomic Model for Panicoid Grasses.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Sept 2016
Cuevas Hugo E, Zhou Chengbo, Tang Haibao, Khadke Prashant P, Das Sayan, Lin Yann-Rong, Ge Zhengxiang, Clemente Thomas, Upadhyaya Hari D, Hash C Thomas, Paterson Andrew H
Abstract excerpt
Of central importance in adapting plants of tropical origin to temperate cultivation has been selection of daylength-neutral genotypes that flower early in the temperate summer and take full advantage of its long days. A cross between tropical and temperate sorghums [Sorghum propinquum (Kunth) Hitchc.×S. bicolor (L.) Moench], revealed a quantitative trait locus (QTL), FlrAvgD1, accounting for 85.7% of variation...
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