ArticlePlant growth regulation2020
The anti-ethylene growth regulator silver thiosulfate (STS) increases flower production and longevity in cassava (
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- Assessment of Cassava Pollen Viability and Ovule Fertilizability under Red-Light, 6-Benzyl Adenine, and Silver Thiosulphate Treatments.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Development of Methods for Improving Flowering and Seed Set of Diverse Germplasm in Cassava Breeding.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Flowering and fruit-set in cassava under extended red-light photoperiod supplemented with plant-growth regulators and pruning.BMC plant biology · 2023Article
- Climate change challenges, plant science solutions.The Plant cell · 2023Article
- Flowering induction in cassava using photoperiod extension premature pruning and plant growth regulators.PloS one · 2023Article
- Agronomic and hormonal approaches for enhancing flowering intensity in white Guinea yam (Frontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Flower-inducing technology facilitates speed breeding in cassava.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Genome-Wide Identification and Analysis of Lbd Transcription Factor Genes inPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Plant-endophyte mediated improvement in physiological and bio-protective abilities of marigold (Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Integrated transcriptome and hormone analyses provide insights into silver thiosulfate-induced "maleness" responses in the floral sex differentiation of pumpkin (Frontiers in genetics · 2022Article
- Long-day photoperiod and cool temperature induce flowering in cassava: Expression of signaling genes.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Fifty years of a public cassava breeding program: evolution of breeding objectives, methods, and decision-making processes.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2021Review
- Genetic control of flowering in greater yam (Dioscorea alata L.).BMC plant biology · 2021Article
- Flower Development in Cassava Is Feminized by Cytokinin, While Proliferation Is Stimulated by Anti-Ethylene and Pruning: Transcriptome Responses.Frontiers in plant science · 2021Article
- Environmental responsiveness of flowering time in cassava genotypes and associated transcriptome changes.PloS one · 2021Article
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Abstract
Cassava, which produces edible starchy roots, is an important staple food for hundreds of millions of people in the tropics. Breeding of cassava is hampered by its poor flower production, flower abortion, and lack of reproductive prolificacy. The current work determined that ethylene signalling affects floral development in cassava and that the anti-ethylene plant growth regulator silver thiosulfate (STS) mitigates the effects of ethylene on flower development. STS did not affect the timing of flower initiation, but improved early inflorescence and flower development as well as flower longevity such that flower numbers were increased. STS did not affect shoot and storage root growth. Studies of silver accumulation and treatment localization support the hypothesis that the beneficial effects of STS are confined to tissues of the shoot apex. The most effective timing of application was before inflorescence appearance extending to post-flower appearance. Based on this work a recommended protocol for STS use was developed. This work has the potential to improve methods for enhancing cassava flower development in breeding nurseries and thereby synchronize flowering of desired parents and enable the production of abundant progeny of desired crosses.
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