[HTML][HTML] Time's up: Epigenetic clocks in plants

BT Vo, P Mas, F Johannes - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
For over a decade, the animal field has led the way in using DNA methylation
measurements to construct epigenetic clocks of aging. These clocks can predict organismal …

The Birth and Death of Floral Organs in Cereal Crops

Y Huang, T Schnurbusch - Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Florets of cereal crops are the basic reproductive organs that produce grains for food or
feed. The birth of a floret progresses through meristem initiation and floral organ identity …

A circadian clock output functions independently of phyB to sustain daytime PIF3 degradation

W Liu, H Lowrey, A Xu, CC Leung, C Adamchek… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The circadian clock is an endogenous oscillator, and its importance lies in its ability to impart
rhythmicity on downstream biological processes, or outputs. Our knowledge of output …

Systematic characterization of photoperiodic gene expression patterns reveals diverse seasonal transcriptional systems in Arabidopsis

CC Leung, DA Tarté, LS Oliver, Q Wang… - PLoS Biology, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Photoperiod is an annual cue measured by biological systems to align growth and
reproduction with the seasons. In plants, photoperiodic flowering has been intensively …

Functional divergence of Arabidopsis REPRESSOR OF UV-B PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS 1 and 2 in repression of flowering

S Chen, R Podolec, AB Arongaus, C Fuchs… - Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Photoperiodic plants coordinate the timing of flowering with seasonal light cues, thereby
optimizing their sexual reproductive success. The WD40-repeat protein REPRESSOR OF …

Plants distinguish different photoperiods to independently control seasonal flowering and growth

Q Wang, W Liu, CC Leung, DA Tarté, JM Gendron - Science, 2024 - science.org
Plants measure daylength (photoperiod) to regulate seasonal growth and flowering.
Photoperiodic flowering has been well studied, but less is known about photoperiodic …

Erwin Bünning and Wolfgang Engelmann: establishing the involvement of the circadian clock in photoperiodism

C Helfrich-Förster - Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 2024 - Springer
In 1936, Erwin Bünning published his groundbreaking work that the endogenous clock is
used to measure day length for initiating photoperiodic responses. His publication triggered …

Dynamic phytomeric growth contributes to local adaptation in barley

Y Huang, A Maurer, RFH Giehl, S Zhao… - Molecular Biology …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Vascular plants have segmented body axes with iterative nodes and internodes. Appropriate
node initiation and internode elongation are fundamental to plant fitness and crop yield; …

Effects of the core heading date genes Hd1, Ghd7, DTH8, and PRR37 on yield-related traits in rice

K Sun, W Zong, D **ao, Z Wu, X Guo, F Li… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2023 - Springer
Key message We clarify the influence of the genotypes of the heading date genes Hd1,
Ghd7, DTH8, and PRR37 and their combinations on yield-related traits and the functional …

One seasonal clock fits all?

S Michel, L Kervezee - Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 2024 - Springer
Adaptation of physiology and behavior to seasonal changes in the environment are for many
organisms essential for survival. Most of our knowledge about the underlying mechanisms …