Phytochrome A and B Function Antagonistically to Regulate Cold Tolerance via Abscisic Acid-Dependent Jasmonate

Feng Wang1, Zhixin Guo1, Huizi Li1

  • 1Department of Horticulture, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, People's Republic of China (F.W., Z.G., H.L., J.Z., X.X., K.S., J.Y., Y.Z.);Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Hangzhou 310058, People's Republic of China (F.W., J.Y., Y.Z.);Philips Research China, Shanghai 200233, People's Republic of China (M.W.); andPhilips Research Europe, High Tech Campus 34, 5656 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands (E.O.).

Plant Physiology
|November 4, 2015
PubMed
Summary

Far-red light (FR) and red light (R) signaling via phytochrome A (phyA) and phyB differentially regulate cold tolerance in tomato. FR light activates phyA, promoting abscisic acid (ABA) and jasmonic acid (JA) signaling for cold response.

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