...Chengxia Li; Huiqiong Lin; Andrew Chen; Meiyee Lau; Judy Jernstedt; Jorge Dubcovsky ABSTRACT The spikelet is the basic unit of the grass inflorescence. In this study, we show that wheat MADS-box genes VRN1 , FUL2 and FUL3 play critical and redundant roles in spikelet and spike development, and also...

...Nicholas J. Kaplinsky; Michael Freeling The architecture of maize inflorescences, the male tassel and the female ear, is defined by a series of reiterative branching events. The inflorescence meristem initiates spikelet pair meristems. These in turn initiate spikelet meristems which finally produce...

...Debbie Laudencia-Chingcuanco; Sarah Hake Meristems may be determinate or indeterminate. In maize, the indeterminate inflorescence meristem produces three types of determinate meristems: spikelet pair, spikelet and floral meristems. These meristems are defined by their position and their products...