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Discovery of flowering gene in cacao may lead to accelerated breeding strategies
In the research, embryonic cacao, over expressing the florigen gene, develop tiny flowers in tissue culture. This study is significant because cacao trees typically don t flower until they are between three and eight years of age. Such early flowering promises to greatly speed up breeding to develop disease-resistant trees.
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Discovery of flowering gene in cacao may lead to accelerated breeding strategies
Jeff Mulhollem
May 17, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. For the first time, Penn State researchers have identified a gene that controls flowering in cacao, a discovery that may help accelerate breeding efforts aimed at improving the disease-ridden plant, they suggested. ....

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