Molecular Basis of Chilling-Mediated Flowering in Woody Plant
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 2536
Special Issue Editor
Interests: improvement of horticultural crops using genomics, genetic, and biotechnological tools; development of efficient plant micropropagation, regeneration and transformation techniques
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Prolonged exposure to cold temperatures during winter for plant flowering is termed vernalization for annual plants and chilling requirement for temperate woody plants. The difference between vernalization and chilling requirement is, at least in part, that vernalization promotes floral transition and chilling requirement facilitates dormancy release. The molecular mechanism underlying the vernation pathway of annual plants has been extensively studied. In contrast, there remains a lack of understanding of the molecular basis of chilling requirement flowering in woody plants, due mainly to a lack of effective tools for functional gene analysis. With climate change, insufficient chilling can reduce fruit production by reducing bud break or lessening flower quality. It is of great importance to reveal the molecular mechanism of chilling-mediated flowering in woody plants. Therefore, we invite manuscripts to explore emerging approaches for deciphering the molecular basis of chilling requirement in woody plants’ flowering.
Dr. Guo-Qing Song
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- chilling requirement
- dormancy release
- endodormancy
- flower bud formation
- flowering time control
- fruit crops
- vernalization
- woody plant
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