Fig. 1

Study of B. tulda inflorescence and selection of appropriate flowering and vegetative tissue stages. a Morphology of a spikelet in B. tulda depicting multiple florets arranged on a single rachis. b Morphology of a pseudospikelet in B. tulda depicting multiple spikelets arranged in whorls on a rachis. Within each spikelet the florets are arranged on a single rachilla. c Different flowering and non-flowering tissue stages selected for studying expression pattern of important flowering genes in B. tulda. The Figures were prepared in Microsoft Power point 2016 based on the observations of the plant parts in their natural habitat. The abbreviations used: CS- culm sheath, IN- inter node, YLF- young leaf from flowering culm, YLN- young leaf from non-flowering culm, PFL- possible flag leaf, FL- flag leaf, E- early staged inflorescence bud, M- middle staged inflorescence bud, L- late staged inflorescence bud, R- root, RH- rhizome, PSL- pseudo spikelet, GL- glume, LM- lemma, PL- palea, FLR- floret