Plant architecture

Plant architecture is species specific, indicating that it is under strict genetic control. Although it is also influenced by environmental conditions such as light, temperature, humidity and nutrient status, here we wish to focus only on the endogenous regulatory principles that control plant architecture. We summarise recent progress in the understanding of the basic patterning mechanisms involved in the regulation of leaf arrangement, the genetic regulation of meristem determinacy, i.e. the decision to stop or continue growth, and the control of branching during vegetative and generative development. Finally, we discuss the basis of leaf architecture and the role of cell division and cell growth in morphogenesis.

[1]  J. Bowman,et al.  Establishment of polarity in angiosperm lateral organs. , 2002, Trends in genetics : TIG.

[2]  A. Fleming,et al.  Manipulation of leaf shape by modulation of cell division. , 2002, Development.

[3]  C. Kuhlemeier,et al.  Phyllotaxis in higher plants , 2002 .

[4]  D. Weijers,et al.  The PINOID protein kinase regulates organ development in Arabidopsis by enhancing polar auxin transport. , 2001, Development.

[5]  A. Fleming,et al.  Local expression of expansin induces the entire process of leaf development and modifies leaf shape , 2001, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

[6]  C. Kuhlemeier,et al.  Auxin and phyllotaxis. , 2001, Trends in plant science.

[7]  Daniel J. Cosgrove,et al.  Loosening of plant cell walls by expansins , 2000, Nature.

[8]  J. Murray,et al.  Cyclin D control of growth rate in plants , 2022 .

[9]  C. Kuhlemeier,et al.  Auxin Regulates the Initiation and Radial Position of Plant Lateral Organs , 2000, Plant Cell.

[10]  J. Chory,et al.  Regulation of Auxin Response by the Protein Kinase PINOID , 2000, Cell.

[11]  H. Tsukaya,et al.  Cell cycling and cell enlargement in developing leaves of Arabidopsis. , 1999, Developmental biology.

[12]  O. Ratcliffe,et al.  Expression of CENTRORADIALIS (CEN) and CEN-like Genes in Tobacco Reveals a Conserved Mechanism Controlling Phase Change in Diverse Species , 1999, Plant Cell.

[13]  P. Christou,et al.  ‘Green revolution’ genes encode mutant gibberellin response modulators , 1999, Nature.

[14]  N. Sinha.  LEAF DEVELOPMENT IN ANGIOSPERMS. , 1999, Annual review of plant physiology and plant molecular biology.

[15]  K. Theres,et al.  Genetic control of branching in Arabidopsis and tomato. , 1999, Current opinion in plant biology.

[16]  K. Theres,et al.  The Lateral suppressor (Ls) gene of tomato encodes a new member of the VHIID protein family. , 1999, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

[17]  A. Müller,et al.  Regulation of polar auxin transport by AtPIN1 in Arabidopsis vascular tissue. , 1998, Science.

[18]  H. Kende,et al.  Tissue localization of expansins in deepwater rice. , 1998, The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology.

[19]  C. Kuhlemeier,et al.  Localized Upregulation of a New Expansin Gene Predicts the Site of Leaf Formation in the Tomato Meristem , 1998, Plant Cell.

[20]  D. Mandoli,et al.  ELABORATION OF BODY PLAN AND PHASE CHANGE DURING DEVELOPMENT OF ACETABULARIA: How Is the Complex Architecture of a Giant Unicell Built? , 1998, Annual review of plant physiology and plant molecular biology.

[21]  M. Ganal,et al.  The SELF-PRUNING gene of tomato regulates vegetative to reproductive switching of sympodial meristems and is the ortholog of CEN and TFL1. , 1998, Development.

[22]  C. Hardtke,et al.  The Arabidopsis gene MONOPTEROS encodes a transcription factor mediating embryo axis formation and vascular development , 1998, The EMBO journal.

[23]  M. Bliek,et al.  Genetic control of branching pattern and floral identity during Petunia inflorescence development. , 1998, Development.

[24]  R. F. Lyndon.  The shoot apical meristem , 1998 .

[25]  F. Sack,et al.  Epidermal cell fate and patterning in leaves. , 1997, The Plant cell.

[26]  J. Doebley,et al.  The evolution of apical dominance in maize , 1997, Nature.

[27]  E. Coen,et al.  Inflorescence Commitment and Architecture in Arabidopsis , 1997, Science.

[28]  G. Jürgens.  Cell division and morphogenesis in angiosperm embryogenesis , 1996 .

[29]  H. Tsukaya,et al.  Two independent and polarized processes of cell elongation regulate leaf blade expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. , 1996, Development.

[30]  Y. Eshed,et al.  The Making of a Compound Leaf: Genetic Manipulation of Leaf Architecture in Tomato , 1996, Cell.

[31]  Steven Rothstein,et al.  Control of inflorescence architecture in Antirrhinum , 1996, Nature.

[32]  S. Hake,et al.  The tangled-1 mutation alters cell division orientations throughout maize leaf development without altering leaf shape. , 1996, Development.

[33]  E. Coen,et al.  Control of flower development and phyllotaxy by meristem identity genes in antirrhinum. , 1995, The Plant Cell.

[34]  D. Inzé,et al.  Dominant negative mutants of the Cdc2 kinase uncouple cell division from iterative plant development. , 1995, The EMBO journal.

[35]  P. J. Davies.  Plant hormones : physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology , 1995 .

[36]  E. Coen,et al.  Evolution of flowers and inflorescences , 1994 .

[37]  D. Weigel,et al.  LEAFY controls floral meristem identity in Arabidopsis , 1992, Cell.

[38]  U. Mittwoch.  From egg to embryo , 1992, Nature.

[39]  James C. Smith,et al.  From egg to embryo (2nd edn) , 1991 .

[40]  Donald R. Kaplan,et al.  The Relationship of Cell and Organism in Vascular PlantsAre cells the building blocks of plant form , 1991 .

[41]  C. Bell,et al.  Requirement of the Auxin Polar Transport System in Early Stages of Arabidopsis Floral Bud Formation. , 1991, The Plant cell.

[42]  E. Coen,et al.  floricaula: A homeotic gene required for flower development in antirrhinum majus , 1990, Cell.

[43]  T. Steeves,et al.  Patterns in plant development: Subject index , 1972 .

[44]  A. Haber.  Nonessentiality of Concurrent Cell Divisions for Degree of Polarization of Leaf Growth. I. Studies with Radiation-Induced Mitotic Inhibition , 1962 .

[45]  J. Jenkins,et al.  A MORPHOGENETIC STUDY OF LANCEOLATE, A LEAF‐SHAPE MUTANT IN THE TOMATO , 1962 .