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Florigen

Known as: Florigen [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Molecule produced in plant leaves that acts like a hormone by inducing flowering in the shoot apical meristem of buds and growing tips.
National Institutes of Health

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Flowering Hormone
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Plant Growth Regulators

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Review
2015
Review
2015
Photoperiodic flowering: time measurement mechanisms in leaves.
Many plants use information about changing day length (photoperiod) to align their flowering time with seasonal changes to… 
Review
2014
Review
2014
Florigen and anti-florigen – a systemic mechanism for coordinating growth and termination in flowering plants
Genetic studies in Arabidopsis established FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) as a key flower-promoting gene in photoperiodic systems… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
GIGANTEA Enables Drought Escape Response via Abscisic Acid-Dependent Activation of the Florigens and SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS11[C][W]
Floral transition under drought conditions is accelerated by enabling ABA-dependent up-regulation of the florigen genes… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
14-3-3 proteins act as intracellular receptors for rice Hd3a florigen
‘Florigen’ was proposed 75 years ago to be synthesized in the leaf and transported to the shoot apex, where it induces flowering… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Regulation of flowering in rice: two florigen genes, a complex gene network, and natural variation.
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
A pair of floral regulators sets critical day length for Hd3a florigen expression in rice
The critical day length triggering photoperiodic flowering is set as an acute, accurate threshold in many short-day plants… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Seasonal and developmental timing of flowering.
The coordination of the timing of flowering with seasonal and development cues is a critical life-history trait that has been… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
The Timing of Developmental Transitions in Plants
Review
2006
Review
2006
The quest for florigen: a review of recent progress.
The photoperiodic induction of flowering is a systemic process requiring translocation of a floral stimulus from the leaves to… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Florigen Coming of Age after 70 Years
The report that FT mRNA is the long-sought florigen, or at least part of it ([Huang et al., 2005][1]), has attracted much… 
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