Projects - S (Sharath) Malleshaiah
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Regulation of Flowering in Chrysanthemum
Flowering is an important developmental process leading to a transition from vegetative to reproductive phase governed by a complex interplay of various environmental (photoperiod and temperature) and endogenous factors (sugars, phytohormones, miRNAs). This project is executed by using short-day plant chrysanthemum. The three main aims of this project are: (1) to elucidate how light spectrum influences flowering (focus on the recent finding from our group that specific dynamic light spectra result in a flowering of short-day plant chrysanthemum under long-days; (2) to study the effect of high temperature (heat delay) on flowering; and (3) to study the functional role of T6P in chrysanthemum flowering.