Methods and means for modulating flowering time in monocot plants
AssigneeBASF SE
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.
Claims22
A method for delaying temperature dependent flowering in a monocot plant comprising increasing the expression of a Flowering Locus C (FLC) gene and/or FLC protein by introducing a nucleic acid molecule in said plant, wherein the nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleotide sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs:
- 1, 7 or 17, or comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs:
- 2, 8 or 18, wherein delaying flowering in said monocot plant is compared to flowering of a control plant wherein said expression of said FLC gene or said FLC protein has not been increased.
A method for producing a monocot plant in which temperature dependent flowering is delayed, said method comprising expressing in said plant a nucleic acid molecule that increases the expression of an Flowering Locus C (FLC) gene and/or FLC protein in said plant, wherein the nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleotide sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs:
- 1, 7 or 17, or comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs:
- 2, 8 or 18, wherein delayed flowering in said monocot plant is compared to flowering of a control plant wherein said expression of said FLC gene or said FLC protein has not been increased.
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