INTERMEDIUM-C mediates the shade-induced bud growth arrest in barley

Author:

Wang Hongwen1,Seiler Christiane2ORCID,Sreenivasulu Nese3ORCID,Wirén von Nicolaus1ORCID,Kuhlmann Markus2ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstrasse, Germany

2. Department of Molecular Genetics, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstrasse, Germany

3. International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Grain Quality and Nutrition Center, Metro Manila, Philippines

Abstract

Abstract Tiller formation is a key agronomic determinant for grain yield in cereal crops. The modulation of this trait is controlled by transcriptional regulators and plant hormones, tightly regulated by external environmental conditions. While endogenous (genetic) and exogenous (environmental factors) triggers for tiller formation have mostly been investigated separately, it has remained elusive how they are integrated into the developmental program of this trait. The transcription factor INTERMEDIUM-C (INT-C), which is the barley ortholog of the maize domestication gene TEOSINTE BRANCHED1 (TB1) has a prominent role in regulating tiller bud outgrowth. Here we show that INT-C is expressed in tiller buds, required for bud growth arrest in response to shade. In contrast to wild type plants, int-c mutant plants are impaired in their shade response and do not stop tiller production after shading. Gene expression levels of INT-C are up-regulated under light-limiting growth conditions, and down-regulated after decapitation. Transcriptome analysis of wild-type and int-c buds under control and shading conditions identified target genes of INT-C that belong to auxin and gibberellin biosynthesis and signaling pathways. Our study identifies INT-C as integrator of the shade response into tiller formation, which is prerequisite for implementing shading responses in the breeding of cereal crops.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Plant Science,Physiology

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