Genetic control of flowering and photoperiodism in pea

豌豆开花与光周期的遗传控制。许多植物的开花时间受到光周期的强烈影响。光周期控制开花的机制将以豌豆为模型系统进行研究。研究人员将鉴定和鉴定出影响豌豆光周期反应的新突变体，并绘制拟南芥光周期反应基因图谱，用于豌豆的表达研究。这项工作将为拟南芥基因的生理作用和豌豆基因的分子特性提供重要的新信息。这将增加我们对开花是如何调控的认识，这将有重要的农艺应用。

Genetic control of flowering and photoperiodism in pea. The timing of flowering in many plant species is strongly influenced by photoperiod. The mechanisms by which photoperiod controls flowering will be investigated using the garden pea as a model system. New pea mutants impairing photoperiod responses will be identified and characterized, and photoperiod response genes from Arabidopsis will be mapped and used for expression studies in pea. This work will provide important new information about the physiological roles of the Arabidopsis genes and the molecular identity of the pea genes. It will add to our knowledge of how flowering is regulated, and this will have important agronomic applications.