When crops grow up - determining the regulatory control of developmental transitions in Brassicas

植物维持着地球上的生命。它们是令人着迷的有机体，尽管它们很重要，但我们仍然有很多不了解的地方，比如它们如何整合信息来塑造自己的生长和发育。植物在整个生命周期中经历了几次发育转变，对环境和内源刺激都很敏感。在甘蓝属植物中，一些品种已被记录为正在经历幼苗期，在此阶段，茎顶端分生组织不能对导致开花的环境线索做出反应。只有在植物过渡到成年营养阶段后，它才会对这些提示做出反应。该项目将结合测序技术、遗传学、表型和计算方法，以揭示支撑植物发育关键阶段的控制逻辑。

Plants sustain life on the earth. They are fascinating organisms and despite their importance there is still much we don't understand, such as how they integrate information to shape their growth and development. Plants undergo several developmental transitions throughout their lifecycle, which are sensitive to both environmental and endogenous stimuli. Within Brassica oleracea, some varieties have been documented as passing through a juvenile phase, where the shoot apical meristem is unable to respond to environmental cues that lead to the induction of flowering. Only after the plant has transitioned to the adult vegetative phase, will it respond to these cues. This project will combine sequencing techniques, genetics, phenotyping and computational approaches to unravel the control logic underpinning key stages of plant development.