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Genetic Control of Reproductive Development

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Biotechnological Approaches to Barley Improvement

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 69))

Abstract

The control of flowering is central to reproductive success in plants and has a major impact on grain yield in crop species. This chapter reviews the phenology and genetics of the reproductive development of barley in response to photoperiod and vernalisation. The environmental and genetic variation of reproductive meristem development and its effects on spike architecture and yield are discussed. The major barley flowering time genes and allelic variation in adaptation to different cultivation areas are presented. Functional interactions of flowering time genes in barley are discussed in the light of information on the flowering time pathways in the model plants Arabidopsis and rice. Finally, major QTLs for flowering time are presented and pleiotropic effects of flowering time genes are discussed.

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  1. Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl von Linné Weg 10, 50829, Cologne, Germany

    Benedikt Drosse, Chiara Campoli, Aman Mulki & Maria von Korff

  2. Institute of Plant Genetics, Heinrich-Heine-University, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Maria von Korff

  3. Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences “From Complex Traits towards Synthetic Modules”, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Maria von Korff

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Drosse, B., Campoli, C., Mulki, A., von Korff, M. (2014). Genetic Control of Reproductive Development. In: Kumlehn, J., Stein, N. (eds) Biotechnological Approaches to Barley Improvement. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 69. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44406-1_5

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