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The role of phyB in the control of reproductive timing

Reference	P19861/2
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Karen Halliday
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Garry Whitelam
Institution	University of Edinburgh
Department	Sch of Biological Sciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	138,124
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/10/2005
End date	31/10/2007
Duration	25 months

Abstract

Our recent work has provided important insights into how the R/FR absorbing photoreceptor, phyB controls the timing of flowering in Arabidopsis. We have shown: 1) phyB control of flowering is sensitive to small changes in ambient temperature; 2) this thermo-sensory pathway regulates FT; 3) phyB can control flowering independently of CO. We will combine GeneChip analysis with concise molecular-physiology to address key questions that arise from this work. Our aim is to: identify components that control phyB temperature sensitivity; establish if phyB signals directly through the CO-LD pathway; identify flowering genes that phyB regulates independently of CO; and establish if phyB can control flowering independently of the circadian clock.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
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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P19861 The role of phyB in the control of reproductive timing

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