Selective deactivation of gibberellins below the shoot apex is critical to flowering but not to stem elongation of  Lolium

King, Rod W; Mander, Lewis; Asp, Torben; MacMillan, Colleen P.; Blundell, Cheryl A; Evans, Lloyd T

Selective deactivation of gibberellins below the shoot apex is critical to flowering but not to stem elongation of Lolium

Date

2008

Authors

King, Rod W

Mander, Lewis

Asp, Torben

MacMillan, Colleen P.

Blundell, Cheryl A

Evans, Lloyd T

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Abstract

Gibberellins (GAs) cause dramatic increases in plant height and a genetic block in the synthesis of GA1 explains the dwarfing of Mendel's pea. For flowering, it is GA5 which is important in the long-day (LD) responsive grass, Lolium. As we show here, GA1