CO/FT Regulatory Module Controls Timing of Flowering and Seasonal Growth Cessation in Trees

Author:

Böhlenius Henrik1234,Huang Tao1234,Charbonnel-Campaa Laurence1234,Brunner Amy M.1234,Jansson Stefan1234,Strauss Steven H.1234,Nilsson Ove1234

Affiliation:

1. Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-90183 Umeå, Sweden.

2. Virginia Tech Department of Forestry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061–0324, USA.

3. Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden.

4. Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331–5752, USA.

Abstract

Forest trees display a perennial growth behavior characterized by a multiple-year delay in flowering and, in temperate regions, an annual cycling between growth and dormancy. We show here that the CO/FT regulatory module, which controls flowering time in response to variations in daylength in annual plants, controls flowering in aspen trees. Unexpectedly, however, it also controls the short-day–induced growth cessation and bud set occurring in the fall. This regulatory mechanism can explain the ecogenetic variation in a highly adaptive trait: the critical daylength for growth cessation displayed by aspen trees sampled across a latitudinal gradient spanning northern Europe.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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