Article ; Online: Circadian Clock Components Offer Targets for Crop Domestication and Improvement.
2021 Volume 12, Issue 3
Abstract: During plant domestication and improvement, farmers select for alleles present in wild species that improve performance in new selective environments associated with cultivation and use. The selected alleles become enriched and other alleles depleted in ... ...
| Abstract | During plant domestication and improvement, farmers select for alleles present in wild species that improve performance in new selective environments associated with cultivation and use. The selected alleles become enriched and other alleles depleted in elite cultivars. One important aspect of crop improvement is expansion of the geographic area suitable for cultivation; this frequently includes growth at higher or lower latitudes, requiring the plant to adapt to novel photoperiodic environments. Many crops exhibit photoperiodic control of flowering and altered photoperiodic sensitivity is commonly required for optimal performance at novel latitudes. Alleles of a number of circadian clock genes have been selected for their effects on photoperiodic flowering in multiple crops. The circadian clock coordinates many additional aspects of plant growth, metabolism and physiology, including responses to abiotic and biotic stresses. Many of these clock-regulated processes contribute to plant performance. Examples of selection for altered clock function in tomato demonstrate that with domestication, the phasing of the clock is delayed with respect to the light-dark cycle and the period is lengthened; this modified clock is associated with increased chlorophyll content in long days. These and other data suggest the circadian clock is an attractive target during breeding for crop improvement. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Circadian Clocks/genetics ; Crops, Agricultural/genetics ; Domestication ; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant ; Lycopersicon esculentum/genetics ; Lycopersicon esculentum/growth & development ; Photoperiod ; Plant Breeding |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2021-03-06 |
| Publishing country | Switzerland |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. ; Review |
| ZDB-ID | 2527218-4 |
| ISSN | 2073-4425 ; 2073-4425 |
| ISSN (online) | 2073-4425 |
| ISSN | 2073-4425 |
| DOI | 10.3390/genes12030374 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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