can somebody tell me if there is any standardized method to assess the flowering capacity (number) of a plant in seedling/seed stage?
It will surely vary with annual crop versus perennial crops. In most of perennial fruit crops, we measure flowering intensity as number of flowers per meter shot length...
I think measuring flowering capacity in seed/seedling stage is not possible. One has to wait until it flowers. Counting number of flowers in indeterminate growth plants is difficult, it requires periodical observations and flowers may not appear at every node. But, in case of determinate types, growth ceases with the initiation of flowering and flowering occurs at every node in basipetal manner.
thanks for your answer. Is the tracking possible with the genes responsible for flowering?
It is a very big exercise ..instead we can use some biochemical markers to trace the developments..
In some species, meristems contain fully differentiated tissues well before they emerge
Thanks. can you help me with one reference. I tried for it but could not get the relevant literature ..!
As per my knowledge genetic markers will not tell us about the number of flowers a plant is expected to produce. If already markers are available, we can differentiate the flowering and non flowering types.
Expression profiling of the genes responsible for flowering may help in the quantification. But, the expression of genes is time specific and location specific. Hence, in seed/seedling stage it may not work.
Great. So we can trace the expression of gene. This helps us. Thanks for your answer. can i get any reference for this procedure please.
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