Meilan Xu

Genetic variation in four maturity genes affects photoperiod insensitivity and PHYA-regulated post-flowering responses of soybean

Meilan Xu, Zeheng Xu, Baohui Liu et al. · BMC Plant Biology · 2013 · 201 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Plant Sciences +13

A recessive allele for delayed flowering at the soybean maturity locus E9 is a leaky allele of FT2a, a FLOWERING LOCUS T ortholog

Chen Zhao, Ryoma Takeshima, Jianghui Zhu et al. · BMC Plant Biology · 2016 · 188 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Plant Sciences +14

The Soybean-Specific Maturity Gene <i>E1</i> Family of Floral Repressors Controls Night-Break Responses through Down-Regulation of <i>FLOWERING LOCUS T</i> Orthologs 

Meilan Xu, Noriko Yamagishi, Chen Zhao et al. · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 2015 · 120 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Plant Sciences +13

Genetic Variation in Soybean at the Maturity Locus E4 Is Involved in Adaptation to Long Days at High Latitudes

Yasutaka Tsubokura, Hisakazu Matsumura, Meilan Xu et al. · Agronomy · 2013 · 92 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +15

A soybean quantitative trait locus that promotes flowering under long days is identified as<i>FT5a</i>, a<i>FLOWERING LOCUS T</i>ortholog

Ryoma Takeshima, Takafumi Hayashi, Jianghui Zhu et al. · Journal of Experimental Botany · 2016 · 81 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Plant Sciences +15