Genetic regulation of shoot architecture

B Wang, SM Smith, J Li - Annual review of plant biology, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Shoot architecture is determined by the organization and activities of apical, axillary,
intercalary, secondary, and inflorescence meristems and by the subsequent development of …

Revolutions in agriculture chart a course for targeted breeding of old and new crops

Y Eshed, ZB Lippman - Science, 2019 - science.org
BACKGROUND Among tens of thousands edible plants, several hundred are cultivated
throughout the world, but fewer than a dozen comprise the majority of consumed calories …

Variation in the flowering gene SELF PRUNING 5G promotes day-neutrality and early yield in tomato

S Soyk, NA Müller, SJ Park, I Schmalenbach, K Jiang… - Nature Genetics, 2017 - nature.com
Plants evolved so that their flowering is triggered by seasonal changes in day length.
However, day-length sensitivity in crops limits their geographical range of cultivation, and …

The FLOWERING LOCUS T/TERMINAL FLOWER 1 gene family: functional evolution and molecular mechanisms

DP Wickland, Y Hanzawa - Molecular plant, 2015 - cell.com
In plant development, the flowering transition and inflorescence architecture are modulated
by two homologous proteins, FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) and TERMINAL FLOWER 1 …

Understanding the classics: the unifying concepts of transgressive segregation, inbreeding depression and heterosis and their central relevance for crop breeding

IJ Mackay, J Cockram, P Howell… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Transgressive segregation and heterosis are the reasons that plant breeding works.
Molecular explanations for both phenomena have been suggested and play a contributing …

[HTML][HTML] A natural tandem array alleviates epigenetic repression of IPA1 and leads to superior yielding rice

L Zhang, H Yu, B Ma, G Liu, J Wang, J Wang… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Super hybrid rice varieties with ideal plant architecture (IPA) have been critical in enhancing
food security worldwide. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying their improved …

Molecular basis of heterosis and related breeding strategies reveal its importance in vegetable breeding

D Yu, X Gu, S Zhang, S Dong, H Miao… - Horticulture …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Heterosis has historically been exploited in plants; however, its underlying genetic
mechanisms and molecular basis remain elusive. In recent years, due to advances in …

Optimization of crop productivity in tomato using induced mutations in the florigen pathway

SJ Park, K Jiang, L Tal, Y Yichie, O Gar, D Zamir… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Naturally occurring genetic variation in the universal florigen flowering pathway has
produced major advancements in crop domestication,,,,,,,,,. However, variants that can …

Florigen and anti-florigen–a systemic mechanism for coordinating growth and termination in flowering plants

E Lifschitz, BG Ayre, Y Eshed - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Genetic studies in Arabidopsis established FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) as a key flower-
promoting gene in photoperiodic systems. Grafting experiments established unequivocal …

Molecular regulation of plant developmental transitions and plant architecture via PEPB family proteins: an update on mechanism of action

Y Zhu, S Klasfeld, D Wagner - Journal of experimental botany, 2021 - academic.oup.com
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the experiments by Garner and Allard that showed
that plants measure the duration of the night and day (the photoperiod) to time flowering …