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T1 - CsRAV1 induces sylleptic branching in hybrid poplar
AU - Moreno-Cortes, Alicia
AU - Hernandez-Verdeja, Tamara
AU - Sanchez-Jimenez, Paloma
AU - Gonzalez-Melendi, Pablo
AU - Arangoncillo, Cipriano
AU - Allona, Isabel
PY - 2012/4/30
Y1 - 2012/4/30
N2 - • Sylleptic branching in trees may increase significantly branch number, leaf area and the general growth of the tree, particularly in its early years. Although this is a very important trait, so far little is known about the genes that control this process. • This article characterizes the Castanea sativa RAV1 gene, homologous to Arabidopsis TEM genes, by analyzing its circadian behavior and examining its winter expression in chestnut stems and buds. Transgenic hybrid poplars over-expressing CsRAV1 or showing RNA interference down-regulated PtaRAV1 and PtaRAV2 expression were produced and analyzed. • Over-expression of the CsRAV1 gene induces the early formation of sylleptic branches in hybrid poplar plantlets during the same growing season in which the lateral buds form. Only minor growth differences and no changes in wood anatomy are produced. • The possibility of generating trees with a greater biomass by manipulating the CsRAV1 gene makes CsRAV1 transgenic plants promising candidates for bioenergy production.
AB - • Sylleptic branching in trees may increase significantly branch number, leaf area and the general growth of the tree, particularly in its early years. Although this is a very important trait, so far little is known about the genes that control this process. • This article characterizes the Castanea sativa RAV1 gene, homologous to Arabidopsis TEM genes, by analyzing its circadian behavior and examining its winter expression in chestnut stems and buds. Transgenic hybrid poplars over-expressing CsRAV1 or showing RNA interference down-regulated PtaRAV1 and PtaRAV2 expression were produced and analyzed. • Over-expression of the CsRAV1 gene induces the early formation of sylleptic branches in hybrid poplar plantlets during the same growing season in which the lateral buds form. Only minor growth differences and no changes in wood anatomy are produced. • The possibility of generating trees with a greater biomass by manipulating the CsRAV1 gene makes CsRAV1 transgenic plants promising candidates for bioenergy production.
KW - bioenergy
KW - chestnut
KW - CsRAV1
KW - hybrid poplar
KW - sylleptic branching
KW - transcriptional repressors
U2 - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.04023.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.04023.x
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 22229950
VL - 194
SP - 83
EP - 90
JO - New Phytologist
JF - New Phytologist
IS - 1
ER -