Table 1.

Gene sequences available in GenBank (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) for the main commercial traits in the ten world’s best-selling cut flower species^a

Crop	Flowering induction	Floral meristem initiation and organ development	Flower colour	Flower scent	Flower shelf life
Alstroemeria spp.	−b	+	−	+	−
Chrysanthemum x morifolium	+	+  +	+  +  +	+	+
Dianthus spp.	−	+	+  +  +	−	+
Eustoma exaltatum	+	−	+  +  +  +	−	−
Freesia x hybrida	+	+	+  +	+	+
Gerbera x hybrida	+	+	+  +	−	+
Hydrangea macrophylla	+	+	+	−	−
Lilium spp.	+	+	+  +  +  +	+	+
Rosa x hybrida	+	+	+  +	+  +	+
Tulipa spp.	+	−	+  +	−	−

^aOnly sequences referring to species commercialized as cut flowers were considered. For more details see ESM_1–ESM_6

^b− = 0; +  = 1–10; +  +  = 11–30; +  +  +  = 31–50; +  +  +  +  > 50 sequences