Abstract

Day length is a key regulator of seasonal growth patterns in perennial trees in temperate regions. Cessation of growth is induced by short day signal in these trees before the advent of winter and constitutes a major adaptive developmental program. In this review, we report on the recent progress made in identifying the molecular mechanisms that underlie the daylength mediated control of seasonal growth in perennial trees. A major finding that has emerged from the analysis of this process is that the regulation of growth cessation in perennial trees and flowering time by daylength in annuals such as Arabidopsis thaliana involves identical signalling components.

Published in

Current Opinion in Plant Biology
2013, Volume: 16, number: 3, pages: 301-306
Publisher: CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD

SLU Authors

• Petterle, Anna

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

• Karlberg, Anna

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

• Bhalerao, Rishikesh P.

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

UKÄ Subject classification

Cell and Molecular Biology


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2013.02.006

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/54440