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NATURE
卷 484, 期 7393, 页码 242-U127出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nature10928
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology [KUK-I1-002-03]
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) [BB/I019022/1, BB/D0100470/1]
- Erwin Schroedinger Fellowship from the Austrian Science Fund FWF
- John Innes Centre
- European Research Council (ERC) [243140]
- European Research Council (ERC) [243140] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BBS/E/J/00000610, BBS/E/J/00000583, BBS/E/J/000CA402, BBS/E/J/000CA346, BBS/E/J/000C0636, BB/I019022/1, P19972, BBS/E/J/000C0656] Funding Source: researchfish
- BBSRC [BBS/E/J/000CA346, BB/I019022/1, BBS/E/J/000CA402, BBS/E/J/000C0656] Funding Source: UKRI
Plant growth and development are strongly affected by small differences in temperature(1). Current climate change has already altered global plant phenology and distribution(2,3), and projected increases in temperature pose a significant challenge to agriculture(4). Despite the important role of temperature on plant development, the underlying pathways are unknown. It has previously been shown that thermal acceleration of flowering is dependent on the florigen, FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT)(5,6). How this occurs is, however, not understood, because the major pathway known to upregulate FT, the photoperiod pathway, is not required for thermal acceleration of flowering(6). Here we demonstrate a direct mechanism by which increasing temperature causes the bHLH transcription factor PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR4 (PIF4) to activate FT. Our findings provide a new understanding of how plants control their timing of reproduction in response to temperature. Flowering time is an important trait in crops as well as affecting the life cycles of pollinator species. A molecular understanding of how temperature affects flowering will be important for mitigating the effects of climate change.
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