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Reddy P, Plozza T, Scalisi A, Ezernieks V, Goodwin I, Rochfort S. Zonal Chemical Signal Pathways Mediating Floral Induction in Apple. Metabolites 2024; 14:251. [PMID: 38786728 PMCID: PMC11123431 DOI: 10.3390/metabo14050251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2024] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
Abstract
Phytohormones that trigger or repress flower meristem development in apple buds are thought to be locally emitted from adjacent plant tissues, including leaves and fruitlets. The presence of fruitlets is known to inhibit adjacent buds from forming flowers and thus fruits. The resulting absence of fruitlets the following season restores flower-promoting signalling to the new buds. The cycle can lead to a biennial bearing behaviour of alternating crop loads in a branch or tree. The hormonal stimuli that elicit flowering is typically referred to as the floral induction (FI) phase in bud meristem development. To determine the metabolic pathways activated in FI, young trees of the cultivar 'Ruby Matilda' were subjected to zonal crop load treatments imposed to two leaders of bi-axis trees in the 2020/2021 season. Buds were collected over the expected FI phase, which is within 60 DAFB. Metabolomics profiling was undertaken to determine the differentially expressed pathways and key signalling molecules associated with FI in the leader and at tree level. Pronounced metabolic differences were observed in trees and leaders with high return bloom with significant increases in compounds belonging to the cytokinin, abscisic acid (ABA), phenylpropanoid and flavanol chemical classes. The presence of cytokinins, namely adenosine, inosine and related derivatives, as well as ABA phytohormones, provides further insight into the chemical intervention opportunities for future crop load management strategies via plant growth regulators.
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- Priyanka Reddy
- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia
- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia
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- Tatura SmartFarm, Agriculture Victoria, Tatura, VIC 3616, Australia (I.G.)
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia
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- Tatura SmartFarm, Agriculture Victoria, Tatura, VIC 3616, Australia (I.G.)
- Centre for Agricultural Innovation, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia
- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia
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Belhassine F, Pallas B, Pierru-Bluy S, Martinez S, Fumey D, Costes E. A genotype-specific architectural and physiological profile is involved in the flowering regularity of apple trees. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 42:2306-2318. [PMID: 35951430 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpac073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In polycarpic plants, meristem fate varies within individuals in a given year. In perennials, the proportion of floral induction (FI) in meristems also varies between consecutive years and among genotypes of a given species. Previous studies have suggested that FI of meristems could be determined by the within-plant competition for carbohydrates and by hormone signaling as key components of the flowering pathway. At the genotypic level, variability in FI was also associated with variability in architectural traits. However, the part of genotype-dependent variability in FI that can be explained by either tree architecture or tree physiology is still not fully understood. This study aimed at deciphering the respective effect of architectural and physiological traits on FI variability within apple trees by comparing six genotypes with contrasted architectures. Shoot type demography as well as the flowering and fruit production patterns were followed over 6 years and characterized by different indexes. Architectural morphotypes were then defined based on architectural traits using a clustering approach. For two successive years, non-structural starch content in leaf, stem and meristems, and hormonal contents (gibberellins, cytokinins, auxin and abscisic acid) in meristems were quantified and correlated to FI within-tree proportions. Based on a multi-step regression analysis, cytokinins and gibberellins content in meristem, starch content in leaves and the proportion of long shoots in tree annual growth were shown to contribute to FI. Although the predictive linear model of FI was common to all genotypes, each of the explicative variables had a different weight in FI determination, depending on the genotype. Our results therefore suggest both a common determination model and a genotype-specific architectural and physiological profile linked to its flowering behavior.
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- Fares Belhassine
- AGAP Institut, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, TA A-108/01 Avenue d'Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- ITK, 34830, Clapiers, France
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- AGAP Institut, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, TA A-108/01 Avenue d'Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- AGAP Institut, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, TA A-108/01 Avenue d'Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- AGAP Institut, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, TA A-108/01 Avenue d'Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- AGAP Institut, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, TA A-108/01 Avenue d'Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Milyaev A, Kofler J, Moya YAT, Lempe J, Stefanelli D, Hanke MV, Flachowsky H, von Wirén N, Wünsche JN. Profiling of phytohormones in apple fruit and buds regarding their role as potential regulators of flower bud formation. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 42:2319-2335. [PMID: 35867427 PMCID: PMC9912367 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpac083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) cropping behavior, if not regulated, is often manifested by high yields of small-sized fruit in so called ON-years, which are usually followed by strongly reduced crop loads in OFF-years. Such cropping pattern is defined as biennial bearing and causes significant losses in apple production. The growth of apple fruit overlaps with the formation of flower buds, which remain dormant until the following spring. Earlier works proposed that some fruit-derived mobile compounds, as e.g., phytohormones, could suppress flower bud formation that thereby leads to biennial bearing. We addressed this hypothesis by analyzing 39 phytohormones in apple seeds, fruit flesh and by measuring phytohormone export from the fruits of the biennial bearing cultivar 'Fuji' and of the regular bearing cultivar 'Gala'. Moreover, we analyzed the same compounds in bourse buds from fruiting (ON-trees) and non-fruiting (OFF-trees) spurs of both apple cultivars over the period of flower bud formation. Our results showed that apple fruit exported at least 14 phytohormones including indole-3-acetic acid and gibberellin A3; however, their influence on flower bud formation was inconclusive. A gibberellin-like compound, which was detected exclusively in bourse buds, was significantly more abundant in bourse buds from ON-trees compared with OFF-trees. Cultivar differences were marked by the accumulation of trans-zeatin-O-glucoside in bourse buds of 'Gala' ON-trees, whereas the levels of this compound in 'Gala' OFF were significantly lower and comparable to those in 'Fuji' ON- and OFF-trees. Particular phytohormones including five cytokinin forms as well as abscisic acid and its degradation products had higher levels in bourse buds from OFF-trees compared with ON-trees and were therefore proposed as potential promotors of flower bud initiation. The work discusses regulatory roles of phytohormones in flower bud formation in apple based on the novel and to date most comprehensive phytohormone profiles of apple fruit and buds.
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- Institute of Crop Science, Section of Crop Physiology of Specialty Crops (340f), University of Hohenheim, Emil-Wolff-Street 25, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department Molecular Plant Nutrition, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland, OT Gatersleben, Germany
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- Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), Institute for Breeding Research on Fruit Crops, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Pillnitzer Platz 3a, 01326 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Government of Western Australia, Locked Bag 7, 6258 Manjimup, Australia
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- Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), Institute for Breeding Research on Fruit Crops, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Pillnitzer Platz 3a, 01326 Dresden, Germany
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- Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), Institute for Breeding Research on Fruit Crops, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Pillnitzer Platz 3a, 01326 Dresden, Germany
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- Department Molecular Plant Nutrition, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland, OT Gatersleben, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science, Section of Crop Physiology of Specialty Crops (340f), University of Hohenheim, Emil-Wolff-Street 25, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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Penzel M, Herppich WB, Weltzien C, Tsoulias N, Zude-Sasse M. Modeling of Individual Fruit-Bearing Capacity of Trees Is Aimed at Optimizing Fruit Quality of Malus x domestica Borkh. 'Gala'. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:669909. [PMID: 34326853 PMCID: PMC8315137 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.669909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The capacity of apple trees to produce fruit of a desired diameter, i.e., fruit-bearing capacity (FBC), was investigated by considering the inter-tree variability of leaf area (LA). The LA of 996 trees in a commercial apple orchard was measured by using a terrestrial two-dimensional (2D) light detection and ranging (LiDAR) laser scanner for two consecutive years. The FBC of the trees was simulated in a carbon balance model by utilizing the LiDAR-scanned total LA of the trees, seasonal records of fruit and leaf gas exchanges, fruit growth rates, and weather data. The FBC was compared to the actual fruit size measured in a sorting line on each individual tree. The variance of FBC was similar in both years, whereas each individual tree showed different FBC in both seasons as indicated in the spatially resolved data of FBC. Considering a target mean fruit diameter of 65 mm, FBC ranged from 84 to 168 fruit per tree in 2018 and from 55 to 179 fruit per tree in 2019 depending on the total LA of the trees. The simulated FBC to produce the mean harvest fruit diameter of 65 mm and the actual number of the harvested fruit >65 mm per tree were in good agreement. Fruit quality, indicated by fruit's size and soluble solids content (SSC), showed enhanced percentages of the desired fruit quality according to the seasonally total absorbed photosynthetic energy (TAPE) of the tree per fruit. To achieve a target fruit diameter and reduce the variance in SSC at harvest, the FBC should be considered in crop load management practices. However, achieving this purpose requires annual spatial monitoring of the individual FBC of trees.
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- Martin Penzel
- Chair of Agromechatronics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Horticultural Engineering, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Potsdam, Germany
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- Horticultural Engineering, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Potsdam, Germany
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- Chair of Agromechatronics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Horticultural Engineering, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Potsdam, Germany
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- Horticultural Engineering, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Potsdam, Germany
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- Horticultural Engineering, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Potsdam, Germany
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Pitchers B, Do FC, Pradal C, Dufour L, Lauri PÉ. Apple tree adaptation to shade in agroforestry: an architectural approach. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2021; 108:732-743. [PMID: 33934329 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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PREMISE The expression of shade adaptation traits is expected to be stronger in low light and can be detrimental to flowering and yield. Our study focused on the expression of shade adaptation traits of apple trees (Malus domestica Borkh. 'Dalinette') in an agroforestry system. METHODS The architecture of 45 apple trees in their third and fourth year was extensively described and analyzed at the tree scale and compared depending on the light quantity received during the growing season. Flower cluster phenology and the relation between leaf area and floral initiation were also investigated. RESULTS The number of growing shoots and the leaf area were reduced by shade even if specific leaf area increased with increasing shade. Shade did not modify primary growth but did decrease secondary growth, so that apple tree shoots in shade were slender, with a lower taper and reduced number and proportion of flower clusters. The correlation between floral initiation and leaf area was high both in full and moderate light but not for apple trees in low light. Shade did not impact the date of bud burst and the early phenological stages of flower clusters, but it reduced the number of days at full bloom. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that while the architecture of apple trees is modified by a reduction in light intensity, it is not until a reduction of 65% that the capability to produce fruit is impeded. These results could help optimize the design of apple-tree-based agroforestry systems.
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- Benjamin Pitchers
- ABSys, Univ Montpellier, CIHEAM-IAMM, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- Eco&Sols, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- CIRAD, UMR AGAP, F-34398, Montpellier, France
- Inria & LIRMM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- ABSys, Univ Montpellier, CIHEAM-IAMM, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- ABSys, Univ Montpellier, CIHEAM-IAMM, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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Ngao J, Martinez S, Marquier A, Bluy S, Saint-Joanis B, Costes E, Pallas B. Spatial variability in carbon- and nitrogen-related traits in apple trees: the effects of the light environment and crop load. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:1933-1945. [PMID: 33249486 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Photosynthetic carbon assimilation rates are highly dependent on environmental factors such as light availability and on metabolic limitations such as the demand for carbon by sink organs. The relative effects of light and sink demand on photosynthesis in perennial plants such as trees remain poorly characterized. The aim of the present study was therefore to characterize the relationships between light and fruit load on a range of leaf traits including photosynthesis, non-structural carbohydrate content, leaf structure, and nitrogen-related variables in fruiting ('ON') and non-fruiting ('OFF') 'Golden Delicious' apple trees. We show that crop status (at the tree scale) exerts a greater influence over leaf traits than the local light environment or the local fruit load. High rates of photosynthesis were observed in the ON trees. This was correlated with a high leaf nitrogen content. In contrast, little spatial variability in photosynthesis rates was observed in the OFF trees. The lack of variation in photosynthesis rates was associated with high leaf non-structural carbohydrate content at the tree level. Taken together, these results suggest that low carbon demand leads to feedback limitation on photosynthesis resulting in a low level of within-tree variability. These findings provide new insights into carbon and nitrogen allocations within trees, which are heavily dependent on carbon demand.
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- Jérôme Ngao
- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, PIAF, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université de Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, AGAP, Montpellier, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, PIAF, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université de Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, AGAP, Montpellier, France
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- Université de Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, AGAP, Montpellier, France
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- Université de Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, AGAP, Montpellier, France
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The reduction of plant sink/source does not systematically improve the metabolic composition of Vitis vinifera white fruit. Food Chem 2020; 345:128825. [PMID: 33601656 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Revised: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The quality of wine grapes depends on the balance between primary and secondary metabolites. Unlike many perennial crops that accumulate starch in the fruits before ripening, the non-climacteric grapes ripe with no previous carbon reserves. Based on the assumption that fruit carbon sink is limiting metabolite accumulation in grapes, bunch thinning is performed to limit plant Sink/Source (S/S). We studied the effects of severe bunch thinning on the accumulation of primary metabolites and on four families of glycosylated aroma precursors (GAPs) at the arrest of fruit phloem unloading of two white grape Vitis vinifera cvs. At plant level, crop reduction resulted in significant losses of metabolites to be accumulated in the fruits: i.e. up to 72% for sugars, 75% for organic acids and GAPs. Nevertheless, S/S manipulation could not modify the balance between GAPs and primary metabolites or increase the concentration in GAPs in the physiologically ripe grape.
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Wang YT, Pallas B, Salazar-Gutierrez MR, Costes E, Hoogenboom G. A Comparative Study on the Branching Pattern of Monocyclic and Bicyclic Shoots of Apple cv. "Fuji". FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:571918. [PMID: 32983221 PMCID: PMC7488870 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.571918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The development of tree architecture results from shoot growth and branching, but their relationship is still not fully understood. The goal of this study was to determine the effect of parent shoot growth characteristics on branching patterns in terms of polycyclism, growth duration (GD), and growth period (GP), considering apple tree as a case study. Weekly shoot growth records were collected from 227 shoots during their second year of growth and the resulting branching patterns from the following year. The branching patterns were compared between the different shoot categories, using hidden semi-Markov models. Our results showed that the branching pattern was similar in bicyclic and monocyclic shoots with a long GD. The number of floral laterals, and the frequency and length of the floral zones, increased with GD. Moreover, a long GD led to strong acrotony, due to the high occurrence of a vegetative zone with long laterals in the distal position of the shoot. In bicyclic shoots, an early GP of the second GU led to more frequent and longer floral zones than a late GP. Therefore, the GD was the strongest driver of the branching pattern, and GP modulated the flowering capacity. The main similarities among shoot categories resulted from the existence of latent buds and floral zones associated with growth cessation periods. Even though flowering was more abundant during the early GP, the positions of floral zones indicated that induction in axillary meristems can also occur late in the season. This study provides new knowledge regarding the relationships between the dynamics of parent shoot growth and axillary meristem fates, with key consequences on flowering abundance and positions.
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- Ying-Tsui Wang
- AgWeatherNet Program, Washington State University, Prosser, WA, United States
- Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Prosser, WA, United States
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- UMR AGAP, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro-Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- UMR AGAP, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro-Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- AgWeatherNet Program, Washington State University, Prosser, WA, United States
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Belhassine F, Fumey D, Chopard J, Pradal C, Martinez S, Costes E, Pallas B. Modelling transport of inhibiting and activating signals and their combined effects on floral induction: application to apple tree. Sci Rep 2020; 10:13085. [PMID: 32753623 PMCID: PMC7403595 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69861-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Floral induction (FI) in shoot apical meristems (SAM) is assumed to be triggered by antagonistic endogenous signals. In fruit trees, FI occurs in some SAM only and is determined by activating and inhibiting signals originating from leaves and fruit, respectively. We developed a model (SigFlow) to quantify on 3D structures the combined impact of such signals and distances at which they act on SAM. Signal transport was simulated considering a signal 'attenuation' parameter, whereas SAM fate was determined by probability functions depending on signal quantities. Model behaviour was assessed on simple structures before being calibrated and validated on a unique experimental dataset of 3D digitized apple trees with contrasted crop loads and subjected to leaf and fruit removal at different scales of tree organization. Model parameter estimations and comparisons of two signal combination functions led us to formulate new assumptions on the mechanisms involved: (i) the activating signal could be transported at shorter distances than the inhibiting one (roughly 50 cm vs 1 m) (ii) both signals jointly act to determine FI with SAM being more sensitive to inhibiting signal than activating one. Finally, the genericity of the model is promising to further understand the physiological and architectural determinisms of FI in plants.
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- Fares Belhassine
- AGAP, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
- ITK, Clapiers, France
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- AGAP, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
- CIRAD, UMR AGAP, Montpellier, France
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- AGAP, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- AGAP, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- AGAP, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France.
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