Day length affects the dynamics of leaf expansion and cellular development in Arabidopsis thaliana partially through floral transition timing

Cookson, Sarah Jane, Chenu, Karine and Granier, Christine (2007) Day length affects the dynamics of leaf expansion and cellular development in Arabidopsis thaliana partially through floral transition timing. Annals of Botany, 99 4: 703-711.


Author Cookson, Sarah Jane
Chenu, Karine
Granier, Christine
Title Day length affects the dynamics of leaf expansion and cellular development in Arabidopsis thaliana partially through floral transition timing
Formatted title Day length affects the dynamics of leaf expansion and cellular development in Arabidopsis thaliana partially through floral transition timing
Journal name Annals of Botany  (ERA 2012 Listed)    (ERA 2010 Rank A)   Check publisher's open access policy
Publication date 2007-04
Sub-type Article
DOI 10.1093/aob/mcm005
Volume number 99
Issue number 4
ISSN 0305-7364
1095-8290
Start page 703
End page 711
Total pages 9
Place of publication Oxford, United Kingdom
Publisher Oxford University Press
Language eng
Formatted abstract Background and Aims Plant aerial development is well known to be affected by day length in terms of the timing and developmental stage of floral transition. Arabidopsis thaliana is a ‘long day’ plant in which the time to flower is delayed by short days and leaf number is increased. The aim of the work presented here was to determine the effects of different day lengths on individual leaf area expansion. The effect of flower emergence per se on the regulation of leaf expansion was also tested in this study.
Methods Care was taken to ensure that day length was the only source of micro-meteorological variation. The dynamics of individual leaf expansion were analysed in Ler and Col-0 plants grown under five day lengths in five independent experiments. Responses at cellular level were analysed in Ler plants grown under various day lengths and treatments to alter the onset of flowering.
Key Results When the same leaf position was compared, the final leaf area and both the relative and absolute rates of leaf expansion were decreased by short days, whereas the duration of leaf expansion was increased. Epidermal cell number and cell area were also altered by day-length treatments and some of these responses could be mimicked by manipulating the date of flowering.
Conclusions Both the dynamics and cellular bases of leaf development are altered by differences in day length even when visible phenotypes are absent. To some extent, cell area and its response to day length are controlled by whole plant control mechanisms associated with the onset of flowering.
Keyword Arabidopsis thaliana
Day length
Leaf expansion rate
Duration of expansion
Q-Index Code C1
Q-Index Status Provisional Code
Institutional Status Non-UQ

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