Photoperiodic Control of Dormancy and Flowering in Trees

Abstract

Plants as sessile and poikilothermic organisms have to grow, reproduce, and survive in a wide variety of environmental conditions. Consequently, plants have evolved an array of adaptive strategies, both physiological and developmental, that allow them to recognize different environmental variables, which then trigger the responses required for optimal growth and survival. This chapter integrates recent findings in annual long-day plants (Arabidopsis) and short-day plants (rice and morning glory), and in woody plants (Populus), respectively, in order to examine photoperiodic control of dormancy and flowering in trees.

Keywords

Circadian clock; Dormancy; Flowering; Photoperiodic regulation; Trees

Published in

Title: Photoperiodism : The Biological Calendar
Publisher: Oxford University Press

SLU Authors

• Nilsson, Ove

  • Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Forest Science

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195335903.003.0005
• ISBN: 9780195335903
• eISBN: 9780199775446

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/132461