Identification of Candidate Genes Responsible for the Branchness Induction to Develop the High Quality Standard Type Chrysanthemum

The standard type chrysanthemum is one of the most important crops in the floral industry of Korea, covering 50~60% of the domestic chrysanthemum explant production. The branschness induction has been a critical problem to develop the high quality stdardard type chrysanthemum, which wastes 30-40% of the total labor cost during the production. Our research is to identify underlying candidate genes responsible for the branchess induction to develop the high quality standard type chrysanthemum.