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Timekeeper's dilemma: How photo-thermal cues alter flowering duration by Kyle W Swentowsky; Janlo M Robil is a Agricultural and Biological Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.

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The future of agriculture will rely on humans' ability to predict and modify nearly all aspects of plant growth and development to suit the diverse and changing conditions crops are cultivated in. Many plant traits including inflorescence architecture, the number of lateral branches, and the floral transition have been extensively studied and their genetic control is well-understood. However, other important traits such as flowering duration have received less attention and their regulation is still mysterious. Following the floral transition when inflorescence meristems (IMs) are initiated, the plant experiences a period of time where it continues to produce IMs, and resources are allocated to the reproductive structures . The reproductive phase will typically conclude in one of two ways: an annual plant will permanently senesce, and a perennial will transition back into a vegetative growth mode. The conclusion of the reproductive phase, therefore, represents an important decision for the plant. If the end of flowering is delayed, the plant will have more time to fill its reproductive structures with energy and nutrients, but this comes at the risk of missing the window for favora

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Author

Kyle W Swentowsky; Janlo M Robil

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)