Plant design gets its details: Modulating plant architecture by phase transitions

Autor(es)

Gioppato, Helena Augusto ^[1] ; Dornelas, Marcelo Carnier ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Campinas UNICAMP, Biol Inst, Plant Biol Dept, Rua Monteiro Lobato 255, BR-13083862 Campinas, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo de Revisão
• Fonte: Plant Physiology and Biochemistry; v. 163, p. 1-14, JUN 2021.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Plants evolved different strategies to better adapt to the environmental conditions in which they live: the control of their body architecture and the timing of phase change are two important processes that can improve their fitness. As they age, plants undergo two major phase changes (juvenile to adult and adult to reproductive) that are a response to environmental and endogenous signals. These phase transitions are accompanied by alterations in plant morphology and also by changes in physiology and the behavior of gene regulatory networks. Six main pathways involving environmental and endogenous cues that crosstalk with each other have been described as responsible for the control of plant phase transitions: the photoperiod pathway, the autonomous pathway, the vernalization pathway, the temperature pathway, the GA pathway, and the age pathway. However, studies have revealed that sugar is also involved in phase change and the control of branching behavior. In this review, we discuss recent advances in plant biology concerning the genetic and molecular mechanisms that allow plants to regulate phase transitions in response to the environment. We also propose connections between phase transition and plant architecture control. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 18/25242-0 - Caracterização e análise da expressão diferencial de genes envolvidos na transição de fase em maracujazeiro (Passiflora spp.)
• Beneficiário: Helena Augusto Gioppato
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 18/21469-0 - Análise da expressão diferencial de genes durante a transição de fase em maracujazeiro (Passiflora spp.)
• Beneficiário: Marcelo Carnier Dornelas
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular