Mechanisms of Floral Induction in Grasses: Something Borrowed, Something New

Abstract

Almost all that is known about the transition to flowering in grasses is based on studies of agronomic species. The grain produced by two tropically derived grasses, maize ( Zea mays ) and rice ( Oryza sativa ), and a temperate origin grass, wheat ( Triticum aestivum ), provides most of the world's