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Randy J. Nelson, David L. Denlinger, and David E. Somers

Print publication date: 2009

Print ISBN-13: 9780195335903

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2010

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195335903.001.0001

Photoperiodic Control of Dormancy and Flowering in Trees

Chapter:
(p. 88 ) 5 Photoperiodic Control of Dormancy and Flowering in Trees
Source:
Photoperiodism
Author(s):

Pekka Heino

Ove Nilsson

Tapio Palva

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195335903.003.0005

Plants as sessile and poikilothermic organisms have to grow, reproduce, and survive in a wide variety of environmental conditions. Consequently, plants have evolved an array of adaptive strategies, both physiological and developmental, that allow them to recognize different environmental variables, which then trigger the responses required for optimal growth and survival. This chapter integrates recent findings in annual long-day plants (Arabidopsis) and short-day plants (rice and morning glory), and in woody plants (Populus), respectively, in order to examine photoperiodic control of dormancy and flowering in trees.

Keywords:   dormancy, trees, photoperiodic regulation, circadian clock, flowering

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