Crop yield reduction as a consequence of increasingly severe climatic events threatens
global food security. Genetic loci that ensure productivity in challenging environments exist …

Evolutionary success in plants is largely dependent on the successful transition from
vegetative to reproductive growth. In the lifetime of a plant, flowering is not only an essential …

Cold temperatures, a major abiotic stress, threaten the growth and development of plants,
worldwide. To cope with this adverse environmental cue, plants from temperate climates …

Transcription of the VERNALIZATION1 gene (VRN1) is induced by prolonged cold
(vernalization) to trigger flowering of cereal crops, such as wheat and barley. VRN1 encodes …

Climatic models indicated that in this century, both average temperatures and extreme
events frequency will increase in the Mediterranean basin. These changes are expected to …

Key message This review summarizes the allelic series, effects, interactions between genes
and with the environment, for the major flowering time genes that drive phenological …

Vernalisation is the programmed physiological process in which prolonged cold-exposure
provides competency to flower in plants; widely found in winter and biennial species, such …

Abiotic stress is one of the main causes of crop reduction globally. Among the different
abiotic stresses, cold is an essential factor that limits crop productivity worldwide. Low …

The genus Brachypodium represents a model system that is advancing our knowledge of
the biology of grasses, including small grains, in the postgenomics era. The most widely …

Dehydrins as a group of late embryogenesis abundant II proteins represent important
dehydration-inducible proteins whose accumulation is induced by developmental processes …