Virus-Induced Flowering: An Application of Reproductive Biology to Benefit Plant Research and Breeding

Roisin C McGarry; Amy L Klocko; Mingxiong Pang; Steven H Strauss; Brian G Ayre

doi:10.1104/pp.16.01336

Virus-Induced Flowering: An Application of Reproductive Biology to Benefit Plant Research and Breeding

Plant Physiol. 2017 Jan;173(1):47-55. doi: 10.1104/pp.16.01336. Epub 2016 Nov 17.

Authors

Roisin C McGarry^{1

2}, Amy L Klocko^{1

2}, Mingxiong Pang^{1

2}, Steven H Strauss^{1

2}, Brian G Ayre^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Sciences and BioDiscovery Institute, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203-5017 (R.C.M., M.P., B.G.A.); and.
² Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-5704 (A.L.K., S.H.S.).
³ Department of Biological Sciences and BioDiscovery Institute, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203-5017 (R.C.M., M.P., B.G.A.); and [email protected].
⁴ Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-5704 (A.L.K., S.H.S.) [email protected].

Abstract

Virus-induced flowering combines fundamental research in reproductive biology with efficient tools for manipulating gene expression in nonmodel systems to accelerate discovery and breeding.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Cold Temperature
Flowers / genetics
Flowers / physiology*
Flowers / virology
Gene Expression
Magnoliopsida / genetics
Magnoliopsida / physiology*
Magnoliopsida / virology
Photoperiod
Plant Breeding / methods*
Plant Viruses / physiology*
Plants, Genetically Modified
Reproduction