Overexpression of OsFTL10 induces early flowering and improves drought tolerance in Oryza sativa L.

ABSTRACT: Flowering time control is critically important for the reproductive accomplishment of higher plants as floral transition can be affected by both environmental and endogenous signals. Flowering Locus T-like (FTL) genes are major genetic determinants of flowering in plants. In rice, 13 OsFTL genes have been annotated in the genome and amongst them, Hd3a (OsFTL2) and RFT1 (OsFTL3) have been studied extensively and their functions are confirmed as central florigens that control rice flowering under short day and long day environment, respectively. In this report, a rice OsFTL gene, OsFTL10, was characterized, and its function on flowering and abiotic stress was investigated. The expression level of OsFTL10 was high in young seedlin

SUBMITTER: Fang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6376957 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature