Abstract
A flowering plant’s life cycle contains two phases: a vegetative phase and a reproductive phase. The shoot apical meristem, which gives rise to all the aboveground parts of a plant, produces leaves at its flanks during the vegetative phase. Upon entry into the reproductive phase, it undergoes an irreversible phase change to become the inflorescence meristem that produces floral meristems which in turn form the flowers. External environmental as well as internal genetic cues control floral induction. More than 80 genetic loci have been implicated as playing a role in the induction of flowering. The genetics of floral induction is beyond the scope of this chapter, and the reader should look into the wealth of information available in several recent reviews (Levy and Dean, 1998; Simpson et al., 1999; Simpson and Dean, 2002).
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Handbook of Seed Scienceand Technology |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 3-25 |
Number of pages | 23 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781040293867 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781560223146 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2024 |