Genetic interactions between diverged alleles of Early heading date 1 (Ehd1) and Heading date 3a (Hd3a)/ RICE FLOWERING LOCUS T1 (RFT1) control differential heading and contribute to regional adaptation in rice (Oryza sativa)

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 208; no. 3; pp. 936 - 948
• Main Authors: Zhao, Jing, Chen, Hongyi, Ren, Ding, Tang, Huiwu, Qiu, Rong, Feng, Jinglei, Long, Yunming, Niu, Baixiao, Chen, Danping, Zhong, Tianyu, Liu, Yao‐Guang, Guo, Jingxin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England New Phytologist Trust 01.11.2015; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: 14-3-3 Proteins - metabolism; Acclimatization - genetics; Adaptation; Agriculture; Alleles; Amino Acid Sequence; Chromosome Mapping; florigen; Flowering; Genes, Plant; Geographical distribution; geographical variation; heading; heading date; homozygosity; latitude; Loci; Molecular Sequence Data; mutants; Mutation; natural allelic variation; Oryza - genetics; Oryza - metabolism; Oryza sativa; population; Population genetics; Proteins; Receptors; Rice; rice (Oryza sativa); RICE FLOWERING LOCUS T1 (RFT1); sequence analysis; Sequence Analysis, DNA; varieties; RICE FLOWERING LOCUS T1 (RFT1); rice (Oryza sativa); florigen; natural allelic variation; heading date

Initiation of flowering, also called heading, in rice (Oryza sativa) is determined by the florigens encoded by Heading date 3a (Hd3a) and RICE FLOWERING LOCUS T1 (RFT1). Early heading date 1 (Ehd1) regulates Hd3a and RFT1. However, different rice varieties have diverged alleles of Ehd1 and Hd3a/RFT1...