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Characterisation of genes maintaining the floral state in Impatiens

Reference	G12760
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Nicholas Battey
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Miss Fiona Tooke
Institution	University of Reading
Department	Plant Sciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	66,332
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/02/2000
End date	01/08/2001
Duration	18 months

Abstract

Reversion from the flowering to the vegetative state is a critical but poorly understood process and has evident commercial potential. This pilot study will firmly establish whether, as predicted from current work, floral reversion in Impatiens is controlled by two independent genes. It will provide lines homozygous for the dominant and recessive alleles of each gene and will reveal the site of action (leaf/meristem) of both genes. The hypothesis that reversion results from defects in a pathway analogous to the autonomous flowering pathway in Arabidopsis will be tested. The research will indicate the potential of cDNA- AFLP for isolating these genes.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Genes & Developmental Biology (GDB)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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