Mechanism of Flower Growth in Ornamental Plants: From Floral Induction to Development
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Horticultural and Floricultural Crops".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025
Special Issue Editor
Interests: ornamental plant breeding; floral development; flowering regulation; biotic and abiotic stresses
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Dear Colleagues,
Flowers are unique to angiosperms. A typical flower possesses four types of organs, namely sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels, which are arranged on the receptacle from the outside to the centre, respectively. In different groups of flowering plants, however, floral organs show dramatic variation in number, type, size, shape, colour, scent, taste, and arrangement. However, no matter how diverse the floral organs are, they all experience at least four main developmental processes as follows: initiation, identity determination, morphogenesis, and maturation. And many species have evolved in multiple ways to adapt to the environment and endogenous factors to regulate flowering. It is now known that five main signal pathways, namely photoperiod, vernalization, age, autonomy, and gibberellin, regulate floral initiation and development. Furthermore, the quality and quantity of flowers are also affected by environmental factors.
Over recent years, enormous scientific progress has been made to understand the molecular basis of flowering and flower development. However, flowering and flower development still need to be further explored for future flower breeding.
This Special Issue will focus on floral induction to development in ornamental plants. We welcome novel research, reviews, and opinion pieces covering all related topics.
Dr. Yanhong He
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- floral organ
- flowering time
- flower colour
- flower shape
- flower scent
- flower size
