Böhlenius, Henrik
- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2006Peer reviewedOpen access
CO/FT regulatory module controls timing of flowering and seasonal growth cessation in trees
Bohlenius, H; Huang, T; Charbonnel-Campaa, L; Brunner, AM; Jansson, S; Strauss, SH; Nilsson, O
Abstract
Forest trees display a perennial growth behavior characterized by a multiple-year delay in flowering and, in temperate regions, an annual cycling between growth and dormancy. We show here that the CO/FT regulatory module, which controls flowering time in response to variations in daylength in annual plants, controls flowering in aspen trees. Unexpectedly, however, it also controls the short-day-induced growth cessation and bud set occurring in the fall. This regulatory mechanism can explain the ecogenetic variation in a highly adaptive trait: the critical daylength for growth cessation displayed by aspen trees sampled across a latitudinal gradient spanning northern Europe
Published in
Science
2006, Volume: 312, number: 5776, pages: 1040-1043
Publisher: AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
Huang, Tao
- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Nilsson, Ove
- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Forest Science
Publication identifier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1126038
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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/8866