- -

Gibberellic Acid Reduces Flowering Intensity in Sweet Orange [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck] by Repressing CiFT Gene Expression

RiuNet: Institutional repository of the Polithecnic University of Valencia

Share/Send to

Cited by

Statistics

  • Estadisticas de Uso

Gibberellic Acid Reduces Flowering Intensity in Sweet Orange [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck] by Repressing CiFT Gene Expression

Show full item record

Muñoz Fambuena, N.; Mesejo Conejos, C.; Gonzalez Más, MC.; Iglesias, DJ.; Primo-Millo, E.; Agustí Fonfría, M. (2012). Gibberellic Acid Reduces Flowering Intensity in Sweet Orange [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck] by Repressing CiFT Gene Expression. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 31(4):529-536. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-012-9263-y

Por favor, use este identificador para citar o enlazar este ítem: http://hdl.handle.net/10251/33154

Files in this item

Item Metadata

Title: Gibberellic Acid Reduces Flowering Intensity in Sweet Orange [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck] by Repressing CiFT Gene Expression
Author: Muñoz Fambuena, Natalia Mesejo Conejos, Carlos Gonzalez Más, Mª Carmen Iglesias, Domingo J. Primo-Millo, Eduardo Agustí Fonfría, Manuel
UPV Unit: Universitat Politècnica de València. Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo - Institut Agroforestal Mediterrani
Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Producción Vegetal - Departament de Producció Vegetal
Issued date:
Abstract:
In Citrus, gibberellic acid (GA(3)) applied at the floral bud inductive period significantly reduces flowering intensity. This effect is being used to improve the fruit set of parthenocarpic cultivars that tend to flower ...[+]
Subjects: AP1 , Citrus , FLC , Flowering , FT , Gene expression , Gibberellic acid , LFY , SOC1 , TFL1
Copyrigths: Cerrado
Source:
Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. (issn: 0721-7595 )
DOI: 10.1007/s00344-012-9263-y
Publisher:
Springer Verlag
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00344-012-9263-y
Project ID:
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//RTA2009-00147-C02-00/
Thanks:
This research was supported by grants from INIA-Spain (Project No. RTA2009-00147-C02-00). We thank Dr. Debra Westall (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain) for revising the manuscript.
Type: Artículo

References

Ayalon S, Monselise SP (1960) Flower bud induction and differentiation in the Shamouti orange. Proc Am Soc Hortic Sci 75:216–221

Bertelsen MG, Tustin DS, Waagepetersen RP (2002) Effects of GA3 and GA4+7 on early bud development of apple. J Hortic Sci Biotechnol 77:83–90

Blázquez MA, Soowal L, Lee I, Weigel D (1997) LEAFY expression and flower initiation in Arabidopsis. Development 124:3835–3844 [+]
Ayalon S, Monselise SP (1960) Flower bud induction and differentiation in the Shamouti orange. Proc Am Soc Hortic Sci 75:216–221

Bertelsen MG, Tustin DS, Waagepetersen RP (2002) Effects of GA3 and GA4+7 on early bud development of apple. J Hortic Sci Biotechnol 77:83–90

Blázquez MA, Soowal L, Lee I, Weigel D (1997) LEAFY expression and flower initiation in Arabidopsis. Development 124:3835–3844

Boss PK, Thomas MR (2002) Association and dwarfism and floral induction with a grape ‘green revolution’ mutation. Nature 416:847–850

Boss PK, Buckeridge EJ, Poole A, Thomas MR (2003) New insights into grapevine flowering. Funct Plant Biol 30:593–606

Boss PK, Sreekantan L, Thomas MR (2006) A grapevine TFL1 homologue can delay flowering and alter floral development when over expressed in heterologous species. Funct Plant Biol 33:31–41

Bustin SA (2002) Quantification of mRNA using real-time reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR): trends and problems. J Mol Endocrinol 29:23–39

Davenport TL (1990) Citrus flowering. Hortic Rev 12:349–408

Davenport TL (2000) Leaves are not necessary for citrus floral induction. Proc Int Soc Citric 1:660–661

Endo T, Shimada T, Fujii H, Kobayashi Y, Araki T, Omura M (2005) Ectopic expression of an FT homolog from Citrus confers an early flowering phenotype on trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata L. Raf.). Transgenic Res 14:703–712

Esumi T, Tao R, Yonemori K (2005) Isolation of LEAFY and TERMINAL FLOWER 1 homologues from six fruit tree species in the subfamily Maloideae of the Rosaceae. Sex Plant Reprod 17:277–287

Fatta del Bosco G (1961) Indagini sull’epoca di differenziazione delle gemme nel nespolo del Giappone. Riv Ortoflorofrut Ital 2:104–118

García-Luis A, Almela V, Monerri C, Agustí M, Guardiola JL (1986) Inhibition of flowering in vivo by existing fruits and applied growth regulators in Citrus unshiu. Physiol Plant 66:515–520

García-Pallás I, Blanco A (2001) The inhibition of flower bud differentiation in ‘Crimson Gold’ nectarine with GA3 as an alternative to hand thinning. Sci Hortic 90:265–278

González-Rossia D, Juan M, Reig C, Agustí M (2006) The inhibition of flowering by means of gibberellic acid application reduces the cost of hand thinning in Japanese plums (Prunus salicina Lindl.). Sci Hortic 110:319–323

Guardiola JL, Agustí M, García-Marí F (1977) Gibberellic acid and flower bud development in sweet orange. Proc Int Soc Citric 2:696–699

Guardiola JL, Monerri C, Agustí M (1982) The inhibitory effect of gibberellic acid on flowering in Citrus. Physiol Plant 55:136–142

Hartmann HT, Fadl MS, Hackett WP (1967) Initiation of flowering and changes in endogenous inhibitors and promoters in olive buds as a result of chilling. Physiol Plant 20:746–759

Harty AR, van Staden J (1988) Paclobutrazol and temperature effects on lemon. Proc Int Soc Citric 1:343–353

Hashimoto JG, Beadles-Bohling AS, Wiren KM (2004) Comparison of RiboGreen and 18S rRNA quantitation for normalizing real-time RT-PCR expression analysis. BioTechniques 36:54–60

Koshita Y, Takahara T, Ogata T, Goto A (1999) Involvement of endogenous plant hormones (IAA, ABA, GA) in leaves and flower bud formation of Satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu Marc.). Sci Hortic 79:185–194

Kotoda N, Wada M, Komori S, Kidou S, Abe K, Masuda T, Soejima J (2000) Expression pattern of homologues of floral meristem identity genes LFY and AP1 during flower development in apple. J Am Soc Hortic Sci 125:398–403

Lee J, Lee I (2010) Regulation and function of SOC1, a flowering pathway integrator. J Exp Bot 61:2247–2254

Lenahan OM, Whiting MD, Elfving DC (2006) Gibberellic acid inhibits floral bud induction and improves ‘Bing’ sweet cherry fruit quality. Hort Sci 41:654–659

Liu C, Xi WY, Shen LS, Tan CP, Yu H (2009) Regulation of floral patterning by flowering time genes. Dev Cell 16:711–722

Luckwill LC (1970) The control of growth and fruitfulness of apple trees. In: Luckwill LV, Cutting CV (eds) Physiology of tree crops. Academic Press, New York, pp 237–254

Martínez-Fuentes A, Mesejo C, Juan M, Almela V, Agustí M (2004) Restrictions on the exogenous control of flowering in Citrus. Acta Hortic 632:91–98

Martínez-Fuentes A, Mesejo C, Reig C, Agustí M (2010) Timing of the inhibitory effect of fruit on return bloom of ‘Valencia’ sweet orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck). J Sci Food Agric 90:1936–1943

Monselise SP, Halevy AH (1964) Chemical inhibition and promotion of citrus flower bud induction. Proc Am Soc Hortic Sci 84:141–146

Monselise SP, Goren R, Halevy AH (1966) Effect of B-nine, cycocel and benzothiazole oxyacetate on flower bud induction of lemon trees. Proc Am Soc Hortic Sci 89:195–200

Moss GI (1971) Effect of fruit on flowering in relation to biennial bearing in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). J Hortic Sci 46:177–184

Muñoz-Fambuena N, Mesejo C, González-Mas MC, Primo-Millo E, Agustí M, Iglesias D (2011) Fruit regulates seasonal expression of flowering genes in alternate bearing ‘Moncada’ mandarin. Ann Bot 108:511–519

Mutasa-Göttgens E, Hedden P (2009) Gibberellin as a factor in floral regulatory networks. J Exp Bot 60:1979–1989

Nishikawa F, Endo T, Shimada T, Fujii H, Shimizu T, Omura M, Ikoma Y (2007) Increased CiFT abundance in the stem correlates with floral induction by low temperature in Satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu Marc.). J Exp Bot 58:3915–3927

Nishikawa F, Endo T, Shimada T, Fujii H, Shimizu T, Omura M (2009) Differences in seasonal expression of flowering genes between deciduous trifoliate orange and evergreen Satsuma mandarin. Tree Physiol 29:921–926

Peña L, Martín-Trillo M, Juárez J, Pina JA, Navarro L, Martínez-Zapater JM (2001) Constitutive expression of Arabidopsis LEAFY or APETALA1 genes in citrus reduces their generation time. Nat Biotechnol 19:263–267

Pillietteri LJ, Lovatt CJ, Walling LL (2004a) Isolation and characterization of LEAFY and APETALA1 homologues from Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck ‘Washington’. J Am Soc Hortic Sci 129:846–856

Pillietteri LJ, Lovatt CJ, Walling LL (2004b) Isolation and characterization of a TERMINAL FLOWER homolog and its correlation with juvenility in Citrus. Plant Physiol 135:1540–1551

Reig C, Farina V, Volpe G, Mesejo C, Martínez-Fuentes A, Barone F, Calabrese F, Agustí M (2011) Gibberellic acid and flower bud development in loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.). Sci Hortic 129:27–31

Salazar-García S, Lovatt CJ (1998) GA3 application alters flowering phenology of ‘Hass’ avocado. J Am Soc Hortic Sci 123:791–797

Searle I, He Y, Turck F, Vincent C, Fornara F, Brober S, Amasino RA, Coupland G (2006) The transcription factor FLC confers a flowering response to vernalization by repressing meristem competence and systemic signaling in Arabidopsis. Genes Dev 20:898–912

Singh LB (1959) Movement of flowering substances in the mango (Mangifera indica L) leaves. Hortic Adv 3:20–27

Sung SK, Yu GH, An G (1999) Characterization of MdMADS2, a member of the SQUAMOSA subfamily of genes in apple. Plant Physiol 120:969–978

Sung SK, Yu GH, Nam J, Jeong DH, An G (2000) Developmentally regulated expression of two MADS-box genes, MdMADS3 and MdMADS4, in morphogenesis of flower buds and fruit in apple. Planta 210:519–528

Terol J, Naranjo Ma , Ollitrault P, Talon M (2008) Development of genomic resources for Citrus clementina: Characterization of three deep-coverage BAC libraries and analysis of 46,000 BAC end sequences. BMC Genomics 9:423

Wilkie JD, Sedgley M, Olesen T (2008) Regulation of floral initiation in horticultural trees. J Exp Bot 59:3215–3228

William DA, Su Y, Smith MR, Lu M, Baldwin DA, Wagner D (2004) Genomic identification of direct target genes of LEAFY. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:1775–1780

Wilson RN, Heckman JW, Somerville CR (1992) Gibberellin is required for flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana under short days. Plant Physiol 100:403–408

Yan J, Yuan F, Long G, Qin L, Deng Z (2012) Selection of reference genes for quantitative real-time RT-PCR analysis in citrus. Mol Biol Rep 39(2):1831–1838

Ying Z, Davenport TL (2004) Leaves required for floral induction of lychee. Plant Growth Regul Soc Am Q 32:132–137

Zhang L, Xu Y, Ma R (2008) Molecular cloning, identification, and chromosomal localization of two MADS box genes in peach (Prunus persica). J Genet Genomics 35:365–372

Zhang JZ, Li ZM, Mei L, Yao JL, Hu CG (2009) PtFLC homolog from trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata) is regulated by alternative splicing and experiences seasonal fluctuation in expression level. Planta 229:847–859

Zhang JZ, Ai XY, Sun LM, Zhang DL, Guo WW, Deng XX, Hu CG (2011) Molecular cloning and functional characterization of genes associated with flowering in citrus using an early-flowering trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata L. Raf.) mutant. Plant Mol Biol 76:187–204

[-]

recommendations

 

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show full item record