The role of BoFLC2 in cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis L.) reproductive development.

ABSTRACT: In agricultural species that are sexually propagated or whose marketable organ is a reproductive structure, management of the flowering process is critical. Inflorescence development in cauliflower is particularly complex, presenting unique challenges for those seeking to predict and manage flowering time. In this study, an integrated physiological and molecular approach was used to clarify the environmental control of cauliflower reproductive development at the molecular level. A functional allele of BoFLC2 was identified for the first time in an annual brassica, along with an allele disrupted by a frameshift mutation (boflc2). In a segregating F₂ population derived from a cross between late-flowering (BoFLC2) and early-flowering (boflc2) lines, this gene behaved in a dosage-dependent man

SUBMITTER: Ridge S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4265156 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature