ArticlePloS one2012
Alternate bearing in citrus: changes in the expression of flowering control genes and in global gene expression in ON- versus OFF-crop trees.
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- Citrus Pruning in the Mediterranean Climate: A Review.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Just enough fruit: understanding feedback mechanisms during sexual reproductive development.Journal of experimental botany · 2023Review
- Advancing tree genomics to future proof next generation orchard production.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Review
- Expression Profiling of Four Mango FT/TFL1-Encoding Genes under Different Fruit Load Conditions, and Their Involvement in Flowering Regulation.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Transcriptome and Metabolome Analyses Reveal the Involvement of Multiple Pathways in Flowering Intensity in Mango.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Advances in Citrus Flowering: A Review.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Review
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- By wind or wing: pollination syndromes and alternate bearing in horticultural systems.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Essential Role of Potassium in Apple and Its Implications for Management of Orchard Fertilization.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Climate variables effect on fruiting pattern of Kinnow mandarin (Citrus nobilis Lour × C. deliciosa Tenora) grown at different agro-climatic regions.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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- The vascular targeted citrus FLOWERING LOCUS T3 gene promotes non-inductive early flowering in transgenic Carrizo rootstocks and grafted juvenile scions.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Differential expression of genes in olive leaves and buds of ON- versus OFF-crop trees.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Transcriptome Analysis ofGenes · 2020Article
- Period-3 dominant phase synchronisation of Zelkova serrata: border-collision bifurcation observed in a plant population.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
Alternate bearing (AB) is the process in fruit trees by which cycles of heavy yield (ON crop) one year are followed by a light yield (OFF crop) the next. Heavy yield usually reduces flowering intensity the following year. Despite its agricultural importance, how the developing crop influences the following year's return bloom and yield is not fully understood. It might be assumed that an 'AB signal' is generated in the fruit, or in another organ that senses fruit presence, and moves into the bud to determine its fate-flowering or vegetative growth. The bud then responds to fruit presence by altering regulatory and metabolic pathways. Determining these pathways, and when they are altered, might indicate the nature of this putative AB signal. We studied bud morphology, the expression of flowering control genes, and global gene expression in ON- and OFF-crop buds. In May, shortly after flowering and fruit set, OFF-crop buds were already significantly longer than ON-crop buds. The number of differentially expressed genes was higher in May than at the other tested time points. Processes differentially expressed between ON- and OFF-crop trees included key metabolic and regulatory pathways, such as photosynthesis and secondary metabolism. The expression of genes of trehalose metabolism and flavonoid metabolism was validated by nCounter technology, and the latter was confirmed by metabolomic analysis. Among genes induced in OFF-crop trees was one homologous to SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING-LIKE (SPL), which controls juvenile-to-adult and annual phase transitions, regulated by miR156. The expression pattern of SPL-like, miR156 and other flowering control genes suggested that fruit load affects bud fate, and therefore development and metabolism, a relatively long time before the flowering induction period. Results shed light on some of the metabolic and regulatory processes that are altered in ON and OFF buds.
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