Understanding flowering time in flax - developing early flowering varieties using genetics and epigenetics to modify gene expression

加拿大是世界上最大的亚麻生产国和出口国。然而，加拿大的亚麻生产主要限于萨斯喀彻温省和马尼托巴省的南部地区，因为在谷物带的北方地区，在作物成熟之前会发生致命的霜冻，这是很大的风险。亚麻的早花和早熟的发展将有利于目前种植亚麻的地区的生产者，也有利于扩大大草原地区亚麻种植的北方范围。因此，本项目的目的是发展的遗传学，表观遗传学和基因表达模式与亚麻早开花和北方适应性状的理解。该项目将利用作物发展中心（萨斯喀彻温大学CDC）开发的重组自交系（RILs），

Canada is the largest producer and exporter of flax in the world. However, Canadian flax production is largely limited to the southern parts of Saskatchewan and Manitoba because there is significant risk in the northern part of the grain belt that a killing frost will occur before crop maturity. The development of earlier flowering and, consequently, earlier maturing flax would be beneficial to producers in the areas currently growing flax as well as for expanding the northern limits of flax cultivation in the Prairies. Thus, the aim of this project is to develop an understanding of the genetics, epigenetics, and gene expression patterns associated with early flowering and northern adapted traits in flax. The project will utilize recombinant inbred lines (RILs) developed by the Crop Development Centre (CDC, University of Saskatchewan) and capitalize on research