The circadian clock gene regulatory module enantioselectively mediates imazethapyr-induced early flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana

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• 作者：Haifeng Qian ; Xiao Han ; Xiaofeng Peng ; Tao Lu ; Weiping Liu ; Zhengwei Fu
• 关键词：AGL24 ; AGAMOUS-LIKE 24 ; ALS ; acetolactate synthase ; ANOVA ; analysis of variance ; AP1 ; APETALA1 ; CCA1 ; CIRCADIAN CLOCK ASSOCIATED 1 ; CO ; CONSTANS ; Col ; Columbia ; Con ; control ; FLC ; FLOWERING LOCUS C ; FT ; FLOWERING LOCUS T ; GA ; gibberellic acid ; GAI ; gibberellic acid insensitive ; GI ; GIGANTEA ; IM ; imazethapyr ; LFY ; LEAFY ; LHY ; LATE ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL ; SEM ; standard error of the mean ; RGA ; repressor of ga1-3 ; SOC1 ; suppressor of overexpression of co1 ; SPY ; spindly ; TOC1 ; TIMING OF CAB 1
• 刊名：Journal of Plant Physiology
• 出版年：1 March, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：171
• 期：5
• 页码：92-98
• 全文大小：1370 K

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Plant growth and development are strongly affected by environmental pollutants, such as herbicides. Widely used herbicides can remain in soil or aquatic systems for long periods of time. Herbicide pollutants have been reported to heavily affect global plant growth and pose a significant challenge to agriculture. However, it is unclear whether herbicides affect plant flowering. Here, we demonstrated that imazethapyr (IM), a chiral herbicide, can enantioselectively promote flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana. We clarified the possible mechanism by which IM promotes flowering and found that the photoperiod pathway may play an important role in propagating the IM stress signal. IM enantiomers decreased the amplitude of core oscillators (CIRCADIAN CLOCK ASSOCIATED 1 and LATE ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL) and utilized the up-regulation of the GIGANTEA-(CONSTANS)-FLOWERING LOCUS T pathway to induce floral gene, APETALA1 over-expression enantioselectively; this treatment ultimately caused early flowering. Our findings provide new insight into the method by which plants control reproductive timing in response to herbicide stress. Flowering time is an important trait in crops and affects the life cycles of pollinator species. The persistence of herbicides in the biosphere will alter plant life cycles and diversity.