Plants undergo a major physiological change as they transition from vegetative growth to
reproductive development. This transition is a result of responses to various endogenous …

The coordination of the timing of flowering with seasonal and development cues is a critical
life‐history trait that has been shaped by evolution to maximize reproductive success …

Winter-annual ecotypes of Arabidopsis are relatively late flowering, unless the flowering of
these ecotypes is promoted by exposure to cold (vernalization). This vernalization …

Vernalization, the acceleration of flowering by a long period of cold temperature, ensures
that many plants overwinter vegetatively and flower in spring. In Arabidopsis, allelic variation …

Flowering is controlled by environmental conditions and developmental regulation. The
complexity of this regulation is created by an intricate network of signaling pathways …

Plants have evolved many systems to sense their environment and to modify their growth
and development accordingly. One example is vernalization, the process by which flowering …

Abstract A MADS box gene, FLF (for FLOWERING LOCUS F), isolated from a late-flowering,
T-DNA–tagged Arabidopsis mutant, is a semidominant gene encoding a repressor of …

In Arabidopsis, the MADS-box protein encoded by FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) is a
repressor of flowering. Vernalization, which promotes flowering in the late-flowering …

The floral transition in Arabidopsis is regulated by at least four flowering pathways: the long‐
day, autonomous, vernalization, and gibberellin (GA)‐dependent pathways. Previously, we …

The very late-flowering behavior of Arabidopsis winter-annual ecotypes is conferred mainly
by two genes, FRIGIDA (FRI) and FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC). A MADS-domain gene …