Category Archives: flowering

Flowering time plasticity and global adaptation in rice

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Flowering Highlights

by Aalt DJ van Dijk Wageningen University Both genetic and physical characteristics of plants are nowadays studied at large scale using automated approaches. In order to understand how genotype and phenotype are related, computational approaches are indispensable. An important caveat of … Continue reading →

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Turing’s reaction-diffusion mechanism explains dispersed petal spots in monkeyflowers

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Flowering Highlights

by Paula ElomaaDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Finlandpaula.elomaa@helsinki.fi Colorful pigmentation patterns in plants – spots, blotches, stripes, or colored veins – are particularly fascinating. Anthocyanin pigments are synthesized via the well-known flavonoid pathway, and … Continue reading →

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Flowering plants return to the sea…

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Flowering Highlights

by Charles P Scutt Laboratoire de Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon-1, CNRS, INRA, F-69342 Lyon, France From 18 to 22 June this year, around 120 fans of floral biology met at Hyères-les-Palmiers … Continue reading →

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Flowering in response to cold in annual and perennial plants

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Flowering Highlights

by Jens Sundström Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. In relation to annual plants, perennial plants initiate flowering after a more extended juvenile period. Also, perennial plants can often initiate flowering during repeated seasonable cycles … Continue reading →

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Modelling vernalization response – fast and slow

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Flowering Highlights

by  Aalt-Jan van Dijk Wageningen University, The Netherlands In one of my previous commentaries (see ‘A hitchhiker guide to modelling’), I discussed some issues related to the development of computational models for the molecular regulation of flowering. One aspect that … Continue reading →

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Polyploidy – from evolution to development?

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Flowering Highlights

by Rainer Melzer School of Biology and Environmental Science and Earth Institute, University College Dublin A large variety of molecular mechanisms regulate developmental processes. Transcription factors entered the stage already decades ago and are still widely considered master regulators of … Continue reading →

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A tribute to Lars Hennig (1970–2018)

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Flowering Highlights

by Iva Mozgova, Cristina Alexandre, Yvonne Steinbach, Maria Derkacheva, Eberhard Schäfer and Wilhelm Gruissem          Lars Hennig, Professor of Genetics at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, Sweden, passed away on 17 May 2018, at the … Continue reading →

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Flowering and dormancy in temperate perennials

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Flowering Highlights

by Maria C. Albani Botanical Institute, University of Cologne, Germany. Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany. In most temperate environments one can see trees flowering very early in the spring. For most perennials flowering in the spring … Continue reading →

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TCP functions branching out

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Flowering Highlights

by Paula Elomaa Department of Agricultural Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Finland Since their discovery about 20 years ago, the TCP domain transcription factors have been shown to control diverse aspects of plant growth and development (reviewed … Continue reading →

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A surprising role for ethylene in the regulation of petal cell shape

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Flowering Highlights

Beverley Glover Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK bjg26@cam.ac.uk The different shapes of plant epidermal cells are always fascinating. One of the first experiences many students have of scanning electron microscopy is the excitement of … Continue reading →

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