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Scientist looking at wheat flower
A CSIRO scientist examining a wheat flower spike.

Knowing when to flower information sheet

This two-page information sheet is about CSIRO’s discovery of a cereal gene that has a major role in controlling when flowering occurs.

This information sheet describes:

  • master flowering genes 
  • temperature controls
  • breeding wheat varieties
  • looking further into the future.

Read other CSIRO Plant Industry information sheets.

 

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