ArticlePlanta2016
A unique approach to demonstrating that apical bud temperature specifically determines leaf initiation rate in the dicot Cucumis sativus.
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- Challenging the water stress index concept: Thermographic assessment of Arabidopsis transpiration.Physiologia plantarum · 2022Article
- Impact of microclimatic conditions and resource availability on spring and autumn phenology of temperate tree seedlings.The New phytologist · 2021Article
- Lonely at the top? Regulation of shoot apical meristem activity by intrinsic and extrinsic factors.Current opinion in plant biology · 2020Review
- Substantial differences occur between canopy and ambient climate: Quantification of interactions in a greenhouse-canopy system.PloS one · 2020Article
- Environmental triggers for photosynthetic protein turnover determine the optimal nitrogen distribution and partitioning in the canopy.Journal of experimental botany · 2019Article
- MicroRNAs and their targets in cucumber shoot apices in response to temperature and photoperiod.BMC genomics · 2018Article
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conclusionLeaf initiation rate is largely determined by the apical bud temperature even when apical bud temperature largely deviates from the temperature of other plant organs. We have long known that the rate of leaf initiation (LIR) is highly sensitive to temperature, but previous studies in dicots have not rigorously demonstrated that apical bud temperature controls LIR independent of other plant organs temperature. Many models assume that apical bud and leaf temperature are the same. In some environments, the temperature of the apical bud, where leaf initiation occurs, may differ by several degrees Celsius from the temperature of other plant organs. In a 28-days study, we maintained temperature differences between the apical bud and the rest of the individual Cucumis sativus plants from -7 to +8 °C by enclosing the apical buds in transparent, temperature-controlled, flow-through, spheres. Our results demonstrate that LIR was completely determined by apical bud temperature independent of other plant organs temperature. These results emphasize the need to measure or model apical bud temperatures in dicots to improve the prediction of crop development rates in simulation models.
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