CsFTL3, a chrysanthemum FLOWERING LOCUS T-like gene, is a key regulator of photoperiodic flowering in chrysanthemums
| Autor: | Yohei Higuchi, Tamotsu Hisamatsu, Katsuhiko Sumitomo, Takako Narumi, Takumi Kando, Atsushi Oda, Seiichi Fukai, Tuoping Li |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Chrysanthemum
Physiology Photoperiod Locus (genetics) Flowers Plant Science Biology floral transition chemistry.chemical_compound FT Gene Expression Regulation Plant Botany Plant Proteins Regulation of gene expression photoperiodism flowering fungi food and beverages Plant physiology Meristem Research Papers humanities chemistry short day Shoot Ploidy Florigen |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Experimental Botany |
| ISSN: | 1460-2431 0022-0957 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jxb/err387 |
| Popis: | Chrysanthemum is a typical short-day (SD) plant that responds to shortening daylength during the transition from the vegetative to the reproductive phase. FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT)/Heading date 3a (Hd3a) plays a pivotal role in the induction of phase transition and is proposed to encode a florigen. Three FT-like genes were isolated from Chrysanthemum seticuspe (Maxim.) Hand.-Mazz. f. boreale (Makino) H. Ohashi & Yonek, a wild diploid chrysanthemum: CsFTL1, CsFTL2, and CsFTL3. The organ-specific expression patterns of the three genes were similar: they were all expressed mainly in the leaves. However, their response to daylength differed in that under SD (floral-inductive) conditions, the expression of CsFTL1 and CsFTL2 was down-regulated, whereas that of CsFTL3 was up-regulated. CsFTL3 had the potential to induce early flowering since its overexpression in chrysanthemum could induce flowering under non-inductive conditions. CsFTL3-dependent graft-transmissible signals partially substituted for SD stimuli in chrysanthemum. The CsFTL3 expression levels in the two C. seticuspe accessions that differed in their critical daylengths for flowering closely coincided with the flowering response. The CsFTL3 expression levels in the leaves were higher under floral-inductive photoperiods than under non-inductive conditions in both the accessions, with the induction of floral integrator and/or floral meristem identity genes occurring in the shoot apexes. Taken together, these results indicate that the gene product of CsFTL3 is a key regulator of photoperiodic flowering in chrysanthemums. |
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