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Repression of floral meristem fate is crucial in shaping tomato inflorescence

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Thouet, Johanna [Laboratory of plant biology, University of Liege] Quinet, Muriel [UCL] Lutts, Stanley [UCL] Kinet, Jean-Marie [UCL] Périlleux, Claire [Laboratory of plant biology, University of Liege]

Tomato is an important crop and hence there is a great interest in understanding the genetic basis of its flowering. Several genes have been identified by mutations and we constructed a set of novel double mutants to understand how these genes interact to shape the inflorescence. It was previously suggested that the branching of the tomato inflorescence depends on the gradual transition from inflorescence meristem (IM) to flower meristem (FM): the extension of this time window allows IM to branch, as seen in the compound inflorescence (s) and falsiflora (fa) mutants that are impaired in FM maturation. We report here that JOINTLESS (J), which encodes a MADS-box protein of the same clade than SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE (SVP) and AGAMOUS LIKE 24 (AGL24) in Arabidopsis, interferes with this timing and delays FM maturation, therefore promoting IM fate. This was inferred from the fact that j mutation suppresses the high branching inflorescence phenotype of s and fa mutants and was further supported by the expression pattern of J, which is expressed more strongly in IM than in FM. Most interestingly, FA - the orthologue of the Arabidopsis LEAFY (LFY) gene - shows the complementary expression pattern and is more active in FM than in IM. Loss of J function causes premature termination of flower formation in the inflorescence and its reversion to a vegetative program. This phenotype is enhanced in the absence of systemic florigenic protein, encoded by the SINGLE FLOWER TRUSS (SFT) gene, the tomato orthologue of FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT). These results suggest that the formation of an inflorescence in tomato requires the interaction of J and a target of SFT in the meristem, for repressing FA activity and FM fate in the IM.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2012
Language Anglais
Journal information "PLoS One" - Vol. 7, no.2-e31096, p. 1-9 (2012)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Public Library of Science ((United States) [S.l.])
e-issn 1932-6203
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SST/ELI/ELIA - Agronomy
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Bibliographic reference Thouet, Johanna ; Quinet, Muriel ; Lutts, Stanley ; Kinet, Jean-Marie ; Périlleux, Claire. Repression of floral meristem fate is crucial in shaping tomato inflorescence. In: PLoS One, Vol. 7, no.2-e31096, p. 1-9 (2012)
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