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Zebularine treatment is associated with deletion of FT-B1 leading to an increase in spikelet number in bread wheat.
Plant, cell & environment - 1 Jun 2018
Finnegan E Jean, Ford Brett, Wallace Xiaomei, Pettolino Filomena, Griffin Patrick T, Schmitz Robert J, Zhang Peng, Barrero Jose M, Hayden Matthew J, Boden Scott A, Cavanagh Colin A, Swain Steve M, Trevaskis Ben
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The number of rachis nodes (spikelets) on a wheat spike is a component of grain yield that correlates with flowering time. The genetic basis regulating flowering in cereals is well understood, but there are reports that flowering time can be modified at a high frequency by selective breeding, suggesting that it may be regulated by both epigenetic and genetic mechanisms. We investigated the role of DNA methylation...
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