Methods and means for modulating flowering time in monocot plants
AssigneesBASF SE, Bayer CropScience AG
InventorsKoen Geuten, Kerstin Kaufmann, Philip Ruelens
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the identification of monocot FLC sequences, such as wheat FLC sequences, as well as their uses in modulating flowering time, seed development and seed germination.
Claims12
A method for accelerating temperature dependent flowering in a monocot plant comprising introducing a nucleic acid molecule into said plant and decreasing the expression and/or activity of an Flowering Locus C (FLC) gene and/or FLC protein in said plant or plant part, plant organ or plant cell of said plant, wherein the coding sequence of said FLC gene comprises a nucleotide sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs:
- 1, 7 or 17, or wherein said FLC protein comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs:
- 2, 8 or 18, wherein accelerated flowering in said monocot plant is compared to flowering of a control plant wherein said expression and/or activity of said FLC gene or said FLC protein has not been decreased.
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