Mechanical Forces in Floral Development

Autor: Kester Bull–Hereñu, Patricia dos Santos, João Felipe Ginefra Toni, Juliana Hanna Leite El Ottra, Pakkapol Thaowetsuwan, Julius Jeiter, Louis Philippe Ronse De Craene, Akitoshi Iwamoto
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
Předmět:
Zdroj: Plants, Vol 11, Iss 5, p 661 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2223-7747
DOI: 10.3390/plants11050661
Popis: Mechanical forces acting within the plant body that can mold flower shape throughout development received little attention. The palette of action of these forces ranges from mechanical pressures on organ primordia at the microscopic level up to the twisting of a peduncle that promotes resupination of a flower at the macroscopic level. Here, we argue that without these forces acting during the ontogenetic process, the actual flower phenotype would not be achieved as it is. In this review, we concentrate on mechanical forces that occur at the microscopic level and determine the fate of the flower shape by the physical constraints on meristems at an early stage of development. We thus highlight the generative role of mechanical forces over the floral phenotype and underline our general view of flower development as the sum of interactions of known physiological and genetic processes, together with physical aspects and mechanical events that are entangled towards the shaping of the mature flower.
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals