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Flowering time in banana (Musa spp.), a day neutral plant, is controlled by at least three FLOWERING LOCUS T homologues.
Scientific reports - 19 Jul 2017
Chaurasia Akhilesh K, Patil Hemant B, Krishna Bal, Subramaniam V R, Sane Prafullachandra V, Sane Aniruddha P
Abstract excerpt
Banana is an important day neutral food crop with a long flowering/fruiting cycle that is affected by hot summers or cold winters in different places. Manipulating its life cycle requires an understanding of its flowering time machinery to bypass these stresses. Twelve FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) and two TWIN SISTER OF FT (TSF) members were isolated from banana and their organization and expression pattern studied...
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