Regulation of Flowering Time: When and Where?

• Published in: Current opinion in plant biology Vol. 63; p. 102049
• Main Authors: Freytes, Santiago Nicolás, Canelo, Micaela, Cerdán, Pablo D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2021
• Subjects: apical meristems; circadian clocks; Constans; Flowering; Flowering locus T; flowers; Gibberellic acid; leaves; loci; Photoperiod; Terminal flower 1; Terminal flower 1; Constans; Flowering; Photoperiod; Gibberellic acid; Flowering locus T

In seasonal flowering, plants need to monitor environmental variables. A combination of photoreceptors and the circadian clock initiate signals that regulate a network of genes in the leaf vascular system which communicates through mobile FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) proteins, with the shoot apical merist...