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Published on: June 7, 2024
Environmental stress and flowering time: the photoperiodic connection
Matteo Riboni1, Alice Robustelli Test, Massimo Galbiati
1a Department of Biosciences; Università degli Studi di Milano; Milan, Italy.
Abstract:
Plants maximize their chances to survive adversities by reprogramming their development according to environmental conditions. Adaptive variations in the timing to flowering reflect the need for plants to set seeds under the most favorable conditions. A complex network of genetic pathways allows plants to detect and integrate external (e.g., photoperiod and temperature) and/or internal (e.g., age) information to initiate the floral transition. Furthermore different types of environmental stresses play an important role in the floral transition. The emerging picture is that stress conditions often affect flowering through modulation of the photoperiodic pathway. In this review we will discuss different modes of cross talk between stress signaling and photoperiodic flowering, highlighting the central role of the florigen genes in this process.
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