Plant BiologybioRxiv
Unraveling the mystery behind the short-day-specific flowering of tobacco cultivar Maryland Mammoth
L. Grundmann, M. M. Zimmermann, A. Kaenel…·G. A. Noll
This study identifies a 2-bp deletion in NtFT5 causing a truncated protein in Maryland Mammoth tobacco, leading to weaker floral activation and gigantism under long-day conditions.
DOI 10.1038/s42003-026-10729-4