The Rosa chinensis cv. Viridiflora phyllody phenotype is associated with misexpression of flower organ identity genes

Phyllody is a flower abnormality in which leaf-like structures replace flower organs in all whorls. Here we investigated the origin and the molecular mechanism of phyllody phenotype in Rosa chinensis cv. Viridiflora, an ancient naturally occurring Chinese mutant cultivar. Reciprocal grafting experim...

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Main Authors: Huijun Yan, Hao Zhang, Qigang Wang, Hongying Jian, Xianqin Qiu, Sylvie Baudino, Jeremy Just, Olivier Raymond, Lianfeng Gu, Wang Jihua, Mohammed Bendahmane, Kaixue Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.00996/full