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Flowering time regulation: Agrochemical control of flowering

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The time of flowering is important in crop production. Rice has now been genetically engineered to respond to agrochemical spraying, which results in floral induction. This research offers new perspectives to control the phenological development of crops in the field.

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Figure 1: A simplified scheme of floral transition in rice in response to an agrochemical treatment.

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  1. Christian Jung is in the Plant Breeding Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, D-24098 Kiel, Germany.,

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Jung, C. Flowering time regulation: Agrochemical control of flowering. Nature Plants 3, 17045 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2017.45

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