title: Unique and conserved features of floral evocation in legumes.
abstract: Legumes, with their unique ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen, play a vital role in ensuring future food security and mitigating the effects of climate change because they use less fossil energy and produce less greenhouse gases compared with N-fertilized systems. Grain legumes are second only to cereal crops as a source of human and animal food, and they contribute approximately one third of the protein consumed by the human population. The productivity of seed crops, such as grain legumes, is dependent on flowering. Despite the genetic variation and importance of flowering in legume production, studies of the molecular pathways that control flowering in legumes are limited. Recent advances in genomics have revealed that legume flowering pathways are divergent from those of such model species as Arabidopsis thaliana. Here, we discuss the current understanding of flowering time regulation in legumes and highlight the unique and conserved features of floral evocation in legumes.
authors.affiliation: Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Melbourne School of Land and Environment, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia.
authors.forename: Lim Chee
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Liew
authors.forename: Mohan B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Prem L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Bhalla
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000502:physiology; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D057906:Circadian Clocks; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000502:physiology*; D035264:Flowers / Q000502:physiology*; D005875:Gibberellins; D026161:MADS Domain Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D017440:Photoperiod; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C418902:At5g10140 protein, Arabidopsis; D005875:Gibberellins; D026161:MADS Domain Proteins
keywords: Flowering; legume; soybean