Many plants use information about changing day length (photoperiod) to align their
flowering time with seasonal changes to increase reproductive success. A mechanism for …

One of the most chronic constraints to crop production is the grain yield reduction near the
crop harvest stage by lodging worldwide. This is more prevalent in cereal crops, particularly …

Heading date and photoperiod sensitivity are fundamental traits that determine rice
adaptation to a wide range of geographic environments. By quantitative trait locus (QTL) …

Abstract Background Rice (Oryza sativa) and Arabidopsis thaliana have been widely used
as model systems to understand how plants control flowering time in response to …

Correct measurement of environmental parameters is fundamental for plant fitness and
survival, as well as for timing developmental transitions, including the switch from vegetative …

Key message Integration of previous Mendelian genetic analyses and recent molecular
genomics approaches, such as linkage mapping and QTL cloning, dramatically …

Rice is a facultative short day (SD) plant. In addition to serving as a model plant for
molecular genetic studies of monocots, rice is a staple crop for about half of the world's …

Sucrose is produced in mesophyll cells and transferred into phloem cells before it is
delivered long-distance to sink tissues. However, little is known about how sucrose transport …

Introduction Rice flowering is a major agronomic trait, determining yield and ecological
adaptability in particular regions. ABA plays an essential role in rice flowering, but the …

If food and feed production are to keep up with world demand in the face of climate change,
continued progress in understanding and utilizing both genetic and epigenetic sources of …