Variation in inflorescence architecture in plants affects reproductive success and agricultural yield. Zachary Lippman and colleagues report that the phenotype of the terminating flower (tmf) tomato mutant, the only known tomato mutant with single-flower inflorescence, is caused by a mutation affecting a nuclear protein that regulates known floral meristem identity complex members AN and FA to repress floral termination.
- Cora A MacAlister
- Soon Ju Park
- Zachary B Lippman