Overexpression of AtLEAFY Accelerates Flowering in Brassica juncea Export

@article{citeulike:5290459, abstract = {The floral meristem identity gene LEAFY (LFY) from Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. can accelerate flowering in dicotyledonous plants. In this report, we raised transgenic plants of Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. cv. Varuna carrying the LEAFY gene (LFY) in sense and antisense orientation and studied the effect of modulation of LFY expression on flowering. The time required for the initiation of flowering was found to be reduced by 19\% ([\~{}]1 wk earlier) in the transgenic plants overexpressing LFY as compared with the wild-type untransformed control plants. Moreover, no significant yield penalty was observed in these transgenic plants. Altogether, these results open up the possibility of manipulating the flowering time in B. juncea without significant yield penalty or abnormalities. 10.2135/cropsci2008.03.0118}, author = {Roy, Suchandra D. and Saxena, Mukesh and Bhalla-Sarin, Neera}, citeulike-article-id = {5290459}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2008.03.0118}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://crop.scijournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/49/3/930}, day = {11}, doi = {10.2135/cropsci2008.03.0118}, journal = {Crop Sci}, keywords = {brassica, flowering, juncea, leafy, lfy, meristem}, month = {May}, number = {3}, pages = {930--936}, posted-at = {2009-07-28 14:06:19}, priority = {2}, title = {Overexpression of AtLEAFY Accelerates Flowering in Brassica juncea}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2008.03.0118}, volume = {49}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5290459 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5290459 N2 - The floral meristem identity gene LEAFY (LFY) from Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. can accelerate flowering in dicotyledonous plants. In this report, we raised transgenic plants of Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. cv. Varuna carrying the LEAFY gene (LFY) in sense and antisense orientation and studied the effect of modulation of LFY expression on flowering. The time required for the initiation of flowering was found to be reduced by 19% ([~]1 wk earlier) in the transgenic plants overexpressing LFY as compared with the wild-type untransformed control plants. Moreover, no significant yield penalty was observed in these transgenic plants. Altogether, these results open up the possibility of manipulating the flowering time in B. juncea without significant yield penalty or abnormalities. 10.2135/cropsci2008.03.0118 IS - 3 JF - Crop Sci EP - 936 TI - Overexpression of AtLEAFY Accelerates Flowering in Brassica juncea VL - 49 SP - 930 KW - brassica KW - flowering KW - juncea KW - leafy KW - lfy KW - meristem AU - Roy, Suchandra AU - Saxena, Mukesh AU - Bhalla-Sarin, Neera PY - 2009/05/11/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2008.03.0118 ER -