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Medicago truncatula SOC1 genes are up-regulated by environmental cues that promote flowering

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Fudge, JB and Lee, RH and Laurie, RE and Mysore, KS and Wen, J and Weller, JL and Macknight, RC, Medicago truncatula SOC1 genes are up-regulated by environmental cues that promote flowering, Frontiers in Plant Science, 9 Article 496. ISSN 1664-462X (2018) [Refereed Article]


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DOI: doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.00496

Abstract

Like Arabidopsis thaliana, the flowering of the legume Medicago truncatula is promoted by long day (LD) photoperiod and vernalization. However, there are differences in the molecular mechanisms involved, with orthologs of two key Arabidopsis thaliana regulators, FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) and CONSTANS (CO), being absent or not having a role in flowering time function in Medicago. In Arabidopsis, the MADS-box transcription factor gene, SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS 1 (AtSOC1), plays a key role in integrating the photoperiodic and vernalization pathways. In this study, we set out to investigate whether the Medicago SOC1 genes play a role in regulating flowering time. Three Medicago SOC1 genes were identified and characterized (MtSOC1a–MtSOC1c). All three MtSOC1 genes, when heterologously expressed, were able to promote earlier flowering of the late-flowering Arabidopsis soc1-2 mutant. The three MtSOC1 genes have different patterns of expression. However, consistent with a potential role in flowering time regulation, all three MtSOC1 genes are expressed in the shoot apex and are up-regulated in the shoot apex of plants in response to LD photoperiods and vernalization. The up-regulation of MtSOC1 genes was reduced in Medicago fta1-1 mutants, indicating that they are downstream of MtFTa1. Insertion mutant alleles of Medicago soc1b do not flower late, suggestive of functional redundancy among Medicago SOC1 genes in promoting flowering.

Item Details

Item Type:Refereed Article
Keywords:Medicago flowering gene phenology genetic
Research Division:Biological Sciences
Research Group:Plant biology
Research Field:Plant cell and molecular biology
Objective Division:Plant Production and Plant Primary Products
Objective Group:Grains and seeds
Objective Field:Grain legumes
UTAS Author:Weller, JL (Associate Professor Jim Weller)
ID Code:145576
Year Published:2018
Funding Support:Australian Research Council (FT120100048)
Web of Science® Times Cited:20
Deposited By:Plant Science
Deposited On:2021-07-27
Last Modified:2021-09-02
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