Patent ID: 8237013

Claim:
An isolated polynucleotide which, when expressed in sense orientation in plants leads to a prevention of flowering, selected from the group consisting of (a) polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2; (b) polynucleotides comprising the coding region of the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1; and (c) polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence having a sequence identity of at least 95% to the coding region of SEQ ID NO: 1 and polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having a sequence identity of at least 95% to the entire amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein said nucleotide sequence when expressed in sense orientation in plants leads to the production of the encoded polypeptide and to a prevention of flowering in comparison to wild-type plants.