Identification, characterization and gene expression analyses of important flowering genes related to photoperiodic pathway in bamboo.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bamboo is an important member of the family Poaceae and has many inflorescence and flowering features rarely observed in other plant groups. It retains an unusual form of perennialism by having a long vegetative phase that can extend up to 120 years, followed by flowering and death of the plants. In contrast to a large number of studies conducted on the annual, reference plants Arabidopsis thaliana and rice, molecular studies to characterize flowering pathways in perennial bamboo are lacking. Since photoperiod plays a crucial role in flower induction in most plants, important genes involved in this pathway have been studied in the field grown Bambusa tulda, which flowers after 40-50 years.

Results

We identified several genes from B. tulda, including four related t

SUBMITTER: Dutta S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5845326 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature