METHODS FOR MODIFYING FLOWERING PHENOTYPES

摘要

Recombinant polynucleotides and methods for modifying the phenotype of a plant are provided: In preferred embodiments, the phenotype modified is a plant's flowering time or flowering period. Increasing or reducing flowering time or the flowering period or modifying the number of flowers generated leads to commercially superior crops and plants. The method comprises altering the levels of a transcription factor that is introduced into the plant or that is endogenous to the plant.