ReviewPlanta2013
Tracing a key player in the regulation of plant architecture: the columnar growth habit of apple trees (Malus × domestica).
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- Early defoliation induces auxin redistribution, promoting paradormancy release in pear buds.Plant physiology · 2022Article
- The Characterization of Columnar Apple GeneInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
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- Identification of the PmWEEP locus controlling weeping traits in Prunus mume through an integrated genome-wide association study and quantitative trait locus mapping.Horticulture research · 2021Article
- Exploring DNA Variant Segregation Types Enables Mapping Loci for Recessive Phenotypic Suppression of Columnar Growth in Apple.Frontiers in plant science · 2020Article
- Transcriptome profiles reveal that gibberellin-related genes regulate weeping traits in crape myrtle.Horticulture research · 2020Article
- Genome-wide analysis of poplar NF-YB gene family and identified PtNF-YB1 important in regulate flowering timing in transgenic plants.BMC plant biology · 2019Article
- Transcriptome analysis of the genes regulating phytohormone and cellular patterning in Lagerstroemia plant architecture.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Attention sports fans! The far-reaching contributions of bud sport mutants to horticulture and plant biology.Horticulture research · 2018Article
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- Insertion of a solo LTR retrotransposon associates with spur mutations in 'Red Delicious' apple (Malus × domestica).Plant cell reports · 2017Article
- miRNA and Degradome Sequencing Reveal miRNA and Their Target Genes That May Mediate Shoot Growth in Spur Type Mutant "Yanfu 6".Frontiers in plant science · 2017Article
- Identification and Validation of SNP Markers Linked to Dwarf Traits Using SLAF-Seq Technology in Lagerstroemia.PloS one · 2016Article
- Transcriptomic Analysis Using Olive Varieties and Breeding Progenies Identifies Candidate Genes Involved in Plant Architecture.Frontiers in plant science · 2016Article
- Columnar apple primary roots share some features of the columnar-specific gene expression profile of aerial plant parts as evidenced by RNA-Seq analysis.BMC plant biology · 2015Article
- Shaping plant architecture.Frontiers in plant science · 2015Review
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Abstract
Plant architecture is regulated by a complex interplay of some key players (often transcription factors), phytohormones and other signaling molecules such as microRNAs. The columnar growth habit of apple trees is a unique form of plant architecture characterized by thick and upright stems showing a compaction of internodes and carrying short fruit spurs instead of lateral branches. The molecular basis for columnar growth is a single dominant allele of the gene Columnar, whose identity, function and gene product are unknown. As a result of marker analyses, this gene has recently been fine-mapped to chromosome 10 at 18.51-19.09 Mb [according to the annotation of the apple genome by Velasco (2010)], a region containing a cluster of quantitative trait loci associated with plant architecture, but no homologs to the well-known key regulators of plant architecture. Columnar apple trees have a higher auxin/cytokinin ratio and lower levels of gibberellins and abscisic acid than normal apple trees. Transcriptome analyses corroborate these results and additionally show differences in cell membrane and cell wall function. It can be expected that within the next year or two, an integration of these different research methodologies will reveal the identity of the Columnar gene. Besides enabling breeders to efficiently create new apple (and maybe related pear, peach, cherry, etc.) cultivars which combine desirable characteristics of commercial cultivars with the advantageous columnar growth habit using gene technology, this will also provide new insights into an elevated level of plant growth regulation.
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