ArticleNature plants2023
Photoperiod controls plant seed size in a CONSTANS-dependent manner.
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- Genome-wide identification of CONSTANS-LIKE genes and functional analysis of FaCOL57 and FaCOL59 in regulating anthocyanin and sugar synthesis in cultivated strawberry.BMC genomics · 2026Article
- Comparative Transcriptomics Analysis Reveals Genes Associated with a Dehiscent-Corolla Mutant in Sesame (International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- GmCDC7 is involved in coordinating seed size and quality in soybean.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2025Article
- Natural allelic variation in SW14 determines seed weight and quality in soybean.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Co-Expression Regulation of Sugar Transport and Signaling Networks in Initiating Stolon-to-Tuber Transition in Potato.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- CONSTANS-like 13 homologs MiCOL13 A and MiCOL13B orchestrate flowering time and salt-drought tolerance in mango.Planta · 2025Article
- Plants Distinguish Different Photoperiods to Independently Regulate Post-Flowering Vegetative Growth and Reproductive Growth.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- More than flowering: CONSTANS plays multifaceted roles in plant development and stress responses.Journal of integrative plant biology · 2025Review
- Genome-wide identification and characterization analysis ofFrontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of the COL Gene Family inCurrent issues in molecular biology · 2024Article
- FLOWERING LOCUS T-mediated thermal signalling regulates age-dependent inflorescence development in Arabidopsis thaliana.Journal of experimental botany · 2024Article
- When Size Matters: New Insights on How Seed Size Can Contribute to the Early Stages of Plant Development.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- CONSTANS, a HUB for all seasons: How photoperiod pervades plant physiology regulatory circuits.The Plant cell · 2024Review
- Photoperiod-Dependent Nutrient Accumulation in Rice Cultivated in Plant Factories: A Comparative Metabolomic Analysis.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Genetic control of thermomorphogenesis in tomato inflorescences.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Dormancy heterogeneity among Arabidopsis thaliana seeds is linked to individual seed size.Plant communications · 2024Article
- Dynamic Phytomeric Growth Contributes to Local Adaptation in Barley.Molecular biology and evolution · 2024Article
- Understanding the Molecular Regulatory Networks of Seed Size in Soybean.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Regulation of seed traits in soybean.aBIOTECH · 2023Review
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Abstract
Photoperiodic plants perceive changes in day length as seasonal cues to orchestrate their vegetative and reproductive growth. Although it is known that the floral transition of photoperiod-sensitive plants is tightly controlled by day length, how photoperiod affects their post-flowering development remains to be clearly defined, as do the underlying mechanisms. Here we demonstrate that photoperiod plays a prominent role in seed development. We found that long-day (LD) and short-day (SD) plants produce larger seeds under LD and SD conditions, respectively; however, seed size remains unchanged when CONSTANS (CO), the central regulatory gene of the photoperiodic response pathway, is mutated in Arabidopsis and soybean. We further found that CO directly represses the transcription of AP2 (a known regulatory gene of seed development) under LD conditions in Arabidopsis and SD conditions in soybean, thereby controlling seed size in a photoperiod-dependent manner, and that these effects are exerted through regulation of the proliferation of seed coat epidermal cells. Collectively, our findings reveal that a crucial regulatory cascade involving CO-AP2 modulates photoperiod-mediated seed development in plants and provide new insights into how plants with different photoperiod response types perceive seasonal changes that enable them to optimize their reproductive growth.
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