Flowering time regulation in crops - what did we learn from Arabidopsis?

- Conserved and diverged functions of flowering time genes in Arabidopsis and crops.
- Flowering time regulation in crops via pathways unique to certain species.
- Allelic variations within flowering time genes associated with yield.
- Mutations in flowering time genes led to geographical adaptation of crop plants.
- Application of flowering time genes as functional markers in plant breeding programs.