RNA-Seq of developing shoot apical meristems of barley cultivar Golden Promise (null segregant and Ubi::HvFT3 overexpressor) grown under long- and short-day photoperiods

FLOWERING LOCUS T-like genes have duplicated and functionally diverged between dicot and monocots species. The purpose of this study was to characterize the function of HvFT3 in barley (Hordeum vulgare). For this purpose, we generated transgenic lines overexpressing HvFT3 and characterized its effects on global gene expression changes in the main shoot apices at two developmental stages (spikelet initiation, lemma primordium). Analysing the function of different HvFT homologs in barley gives important insights into the genetic control of spike development and hence of yield in barley.