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High-Temperature Conditions Promote Soybean Flowering through the Transcriptional Reprograming of Flowering Genes in the Photoperiod Pathway

Authors :
Mi Sun Cheong
Min Chul Kim
Mi Suk Park
Su Hyeon Lee
Byung Jun Jin
Hyun Jin Chun
Dong Hyeon No
Yong Bok Lee
Lack Hyeon Lim
Sang In Shim
Hyun Min Cho
Jong-Il Chung
Dongwon Baek
Source :
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 22, Iss 1314, p 1314 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
MDPI, 2021.

Abstract

Global warming has an impact on crop growth and development. Flowering time is particularly sensitive to environmental factors such as day length and temperature. In this study, we investigated the effects of global warming on flowering using an open-top Climatron chamber, which has a higher temperature and CO2 concentration than in the field. Two different soybean cultivars, Williams 82 and IT153414, which exhibited different flowering times, were promoted flowering in the open-top Climatron chamber than in the field. We more specifically examined the expression patterns of soybean flowering genes on the molecular level under high-temperature conditions. The elevated temperature induced the expression of soybean floral activators, GmFT2a and GmFT5a as well as a set of GmCOL genes. In contrast, it suppressed floral repressors, E1 and E2 homologs. Moreover, high-temperature conditions affected the expression of these flowering genes in a day length-independent manner. Taken together, our data suggest that soybean plants properly respond and adapt to changing environments by modulating the expression of a set of flowering genes in the photoperiod pathway for the successful production of seeds and offspring.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14220067
Volume :
22
Issue :
3
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....ec03a49b020eacefd08e1849f09d9c5c