Manipulation of Growth and Architectural Characteristics in Trees for Increased Woody Biomass Production
Growth and architectural traits in trees are economically and environmentally important and thus of considerable importance to the improvement of forest and fruit trees. These traits are complex and result from the operation of a number of molecular mechanisms. This review will focus on the regulati...
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| description | Growth and architectural traits in trees are economically and environmentally important and thus of considerable importance to the improvement of forest and fruit trees. These traits are complex and result from the operation of a number of molecular mechanisms. This review will focus on the regulation of crown architecture, secondary woody growth and adventitious rooting. These traits and processes have significant impact on deployment, management, and productivity of tree crops. The majority of the described work comes from experiments in model plants, poplar, apple, peach, and plum because these species allow functional analysis of the involved genes and have significant genomics resources. However, these studies convincingly show conserved mechanisms for elaboration of specific growth and architectural traits. The conservation of these mechanisms suggest that they can be used as a blueprint for the improvement of these traits and processes in phylogenetically diverse tree crops. We will specifically consider the involvement of flowering time, transcription factors and hormone-associated genes. The review will also discuss the impact of recent technological advances as well as the challenges to the dissection of these traits in trees. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-058c2c6929384fc1a551604f3051009c2022-12-21T18:25:05ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2018-10-01910.3389/fpls.2018.01505411318Manipulation of Growth and Architectural Characteristics in Trees for Increased Woody Biomass ProductionVictor B. BusovGrowth and architectural traits in trees are economically and environmentally important and thus of considerable importance to the improvement of forest and fruit trees. These traits are complex and result from the operation of a number of molecular mechanisms. This review will focus on the regulation of crown architecture, secondary woody growth and adventitious rooting. These traits and processes have significant impact on deployment, management, and productivity of tree crops. The majority of the described work comes from experiments in model plants, poplar, apple, peach, and plum because these species allow functional analysis of the involved genes and have significant genomics resources. However, these studies convincingly show conserved mechanisms for elaboration of specific growth and architectural traits. The conservation of these mechanisms suggest that they can be used as a blueprint for the improvement of these traits and processes in phylogenetically diverse tree crops. We will specifically consider the involvement of flowering time, transcription factors and hormone-associated genes. The review will also discuss the impact of recent technological advances as well as the challenges to the dissection of these traits in trees.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.01505/fullhormonestranscription factorswoody biomass growthmolecular mechanismscrown architectureadventitious rooting |
| spellingShingle | Victor B. Busov Manipulation of Growth and Architectural Characteristics in Trees for Increased Woody Biomass Production Frontiers in Plant Science hormones transcription factors woody biomass growth molecular mechanisms crown architecture adventitious rooting |
| title | Manipulation of Growth and Architectural Characteristics in Trees for Increased Woody Biomass Production |
| title_full | Manipulation of Growth and Architectural Characteristics in Trees for Increased Woody Biomass Production |
| title_fullStr | Manipulation of Growth and Architectural Characteristics in Trees for Increased Woody Biomass Production |
| title_full_unstemmed | Manipulation of Growth and Architectural Characteristics in Trees for Increased Woody Biomass Production |
| title_short | Manipulation of Growth and Architectural Characteristics in Trees for Increased Woody Biomass Production |
| title_sort | manipulation of growth and architectural characteristics in trees for increased woody biomass production |
| topic | hormones transcription factors woody biomass growth molecular mechanisms crown architecture adventitious rooting |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.01505/full |
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