Phenology and related traits for wheat adaptation

J Hyles, MT Bloomfield, JR Hunt, RM Trethowan… - Heredity, 2020 - nature.com
Wheat is a major food crop, with around 765 million tonnes produced globally. The largest
wheat producers include the European Union, China, India, Russia, United States, Canada …

Genetic architecture underpinning yield component traits in wheat

S Cao, D Xu, M Hanif, X **a, Z He - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2020 - Springer
Key message Genetic atlas, reliable QTL and candidate genes of yield component traits in
wheat were figured out, laying concrete foundations for map-based gene cloning and …

Copy Number Variation Affecting the Photoperiod-B1 and Vernalization-A1 Genes Is Associated with Altered Flowering Time in Wheat (Triticum aestivum)

A Díaz, M Zikhali, AS Turner, P Isaac, DA Laurie - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The timing of flowering during the year is an important adaptive character affecting
reproductive success in plants and is critical to crop yield. Flowering time has been …

A bountiful harvest: genomic insights into crop domestication phenotypes

KM Olsen, JF Wendel - Annual review of plant biology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Human selection during crop domestication has resulted in remarkable transformations of
plant phenotypes, providing a window into the genetic basis of morphological evolution …

CCAAT-box binding transcription factors in plants: Y so many?

T Laloum, S De Mita, P Gamas, M Baudin… - Trends in plant …, 2013 - cell.com
Transcription factors belonging to the CCAAT-box binding factor family (also known as the
Nuclear Factor Y) are present in all higher eukaryotes. Studies in plants have revealed that …

Regulation of flowering in temperate cereals

A Distelfeld, C Li, J Dubcovsky - Current opinion in plant biology, 2009 - Elsevier
Long exposure to cold (vernalization) accelerates flowering in winter cereals, a process
regulated by the VRN1 (≈ AP1), VRN2, and VRN3 (≈ FT) vernalization genes. Flowering …

Flowering time in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.): a key factor for global adaptability

A Kamran, M Iqbal, D Spaner - Euphytica, 2014 - Springer
Wheat is one of the most widely cultivated crops and, being the staple diet of more than 40
countries, it plays an imperative role in food security. Wheat has remarkable genetic …

What has natural variation taught us about plant development, physiology, and adaptation?

C Alonso-Blanco, MGM Aarts, L Bentsink… - The Plant …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Nearly 100 genes and functional polymorphisms underlying natural variation in plant
development and physiology have been identified. In crop plants, these include genes …

Wheat TILLING Mutants Show That the Vernalization Gene VRN1 Down-Regulates the Flowering Repressor VRN2 in Leaves but Is Not Essential for Flowering

A Chen, J Dubcovsky - PLoS genetics, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Most of the natural variation in wheat vernalization response is determined by allelic
differences in the MADS-box transcription factor VERNALIZATION1 (VRN1). Extended …

EARLY FLOWERING 3 interactions with PHYTOCHROME B and PHOTOPERIOD1 are critical for the photoperiodic regulation of wheat heading time

MA Alvarez, C Li, H Lin, A Joe, M Padilla… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The photoperiodic response is critical for plants to adjust their reproductive phase to the
most favorable season. Wheat heads earlier under long days (LD) than under short days …