A Daylength Recognition Model of Photoperiodic Flowering

Overview

Journal Front Plant Sci

Date 2021 Dec 6

PMID 34868180

Citations 8

Authors

Xiaoying Wang

Peng Zhou

Rongyu Huang

Jianfu Zhang

Xinhao Ouyang

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Abstract

The photoperiodic flowering pathway is crucial for plant development to synchronize internal signaling events and external seasons. One hundred years after photoperiodic flowering was discovered, the underlying core signaling network has been elucidated in model plants such as Arabidopsis (), rice (), and soybean (). Here, we review the progress made in the photoperiodic flowering area and summarize previously accepted photoperiodic flowering models. We then introduce a new model based on daylength recognition by florigen. By determining the expression levels of the florigen gene, this model can assess the mechanism of daylength sensing and crop latitude adaptation. Future applications of this model under the constraints of global climate change are discussed.

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