(Day 1): References (for general background) →Varieties of lattice-ordered groups, N. R. Reilly, in Lattice-Ordered Groups, Advances and Techniques, A. M. W. Glass and W. C. Holland (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989. Lattice-Ordered Groups, an Introduction, M. Anderson and T. Feil, D. Reidel Pub. Co., 1988. Theory of Lattice-Ordered Groups, M. Darnel, Marcel Dekker, 1995. Partially Order...

Changes in endogenous gibberellin-like substances (GAs) and related compounds in the shoot apices of Lolium temulentum during and after flower induction by one long day was examined for plants grown in three consecutive years. The total GA level in the shoot apical tissue was high (up to 42 micrograms per gram dry weight, or 3 x 10(-5) molar GA(3) equivalents), increasing several-fold on the da...

Long-day exposure of the grass Lolium temulentum may regulate flowering via changes in gibberellin (GA) levels. Therefore, we have examined both GA levels and expression of a MYB transcription factor that is specific to the GA signal transduction pathway in monocots. This MYB gene from L. temulentum shows over 90% nucleotide identity with the barley and rice GAMYB genes, and, like them, gibbere...

In the March issue of this journal there appeared under 'Medical News' (p. 148; an abstract from an article by Brinton) an account of an epidemic at Aden caused by the seed of Lolium temulentum, a weed which grows in wheat fields. The wheat was brought from Abyssinia and milled locally by machinery. The consumption of the product made the inhabitants go down with symptoms of acute intoxication....

Lolium temulentum L. (Darnel ryegrass) is a valuable model grass species for the study of stress in forage and turf grasses. Gene expression analysis by quantitative real-time RT-PCR relies on the use of proper internal standards. The aim of this studywas to identify and evaluate reference genes for use in real-time quantitative RT-PCR for abiotic stress studies in L. temulentum. Partial sequen...

Flower initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana under noninductive short-day conditions is dependent on the biosynthesis of the plant hormone gibberellin (GA). This dependency can be explained, at least partly, by GA regulation of the flower meristem identity gene LEAFY (LFY) and the flowering time gene SUPPRESSOR OF CONSTANS1. Although it is well established that GA(4) is the active GA in the regula...

One challenge for plant biology has been to identify floral stimuli at the shoot apex. Using sensitive and specific gas chromatography-mass spectrometry techniques, we have followed changes in gibberellins (GAs) at the shoot apex during long day (LD)-regulated induction of flowering in the grass Lolium temulentum. Two separate roles of GAs in flowering are indicated. First, within 8 h of an ind...

Flowering (inflorescence formation) of the grass Lolium temulentum is strictly regulated, occurring rapidly on exposure to a single long day (LD). During floral induction, L. temulentum differs significantly from dicot species such as Arabidopsis in the expression, at the shoot apex, of two APETALA1 (AP1)-like genes, LtMADS1 and LtMADS2, and of L. temulentum LEAFY (LtLFY). As shown by in situ h...