Crosstalk between branching and flowering regulatory pathways in shoot development (2011-2019)
Abstract
Having identified strigolactone as the shoot branching hormone, we will now discover how it and other known hormones/signals regulate shoot architecture in response to environmental factors and in coordination with developmental processes. Studies of interactions between pathways controlling photoperiod, light response, flowering and branching will identify factors that determine position of branches along the stem of garden pea. Understanding such crosstalk is important as these processes are critical determinants of biomass and yield. This will be an important step towards targeted modification of plant architecture, enabling bud outgrowth to be directed to desired regions or stages of plant growth.
