Dirk Prüfer

A mutant allele of the long-day floral activator NtFT5 is associated with the short-day-specific flowering of tobacco cultivar Maryland Mammoth

Abstract Flowering in day-neutral tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum ) cultivars requires the photoperiod-dependent expression of FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT)-like floral activators, which compete with FT-like inhibitors to interact with FD proteins and induce the switch from vegetative to re...