Plant Science Research Weekly -- Florigen controls its own production to fine-tune flowering (Advanced Science) (Summary by Gourav Arora) buff.ly/W8Zn2bY
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Florigen controls its own production to fine-tune flowering | Plantae
Flowering at the right time is essential for plants to balance vegetative growth and reproduction. In Arabidopsis, long days induce CONSTANS (CO) to activate the transcription of FLOWERING LOCUS T…
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October 28, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Florigen controls its own production to fine-tune flowering (Advanced Science) (Summary by Gourav Arora) buff.ly/W8Zn2bY
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Researchers engineered a conditional-stability dCas13X-SunTag system using the cPIL degron, boosting SNR 6.67-fold to track live-cell endogenous FT mRNA transport and identify GRP7 as its transfer facilitator. 🌿🤖 #PlantGenomics #CRISPR #RNAImaging #dCas13X #AgBiotech #Florigen
October 28, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Researchers engineered a conditional-stability dCas13X-SunTag system using the cPIL degron, boosting SNR 6.67-fold to track live-cell endogenous FT mRNA transport and identify GRP7 as its transfer facilitator. 🌿🤖 #PlantGenomics #CRISPR #RNAImaging #dCas13X #AgBiotech #Florigen
Have you seen the September 2026 issue of The Plant Cell from American Society of Plant Biologists @aspbofficial and Oxford University Press?! Find it here: academic.oup.com/plcell/issue... #PlantScience
October 13, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Have you seen the September 2026 issue of The Plant Cell from American Society of Plant Biologists @aspbofficial and Oxford University Press?! Find it here: academic.oup.com/plcell/issue... #PlantScience
OsWOX13 functions as a heading signal transducer from integrator Ehd1 to florigen for the accurate regulation of rice heading date (Ming Yu , Minrui Chen , Xudong Zhu , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
October 6, 2026 at 12:32 PM
OsWOX13 functions as a heading signal transducer from integrator Ehd1 to florigen for the accurate regulation of rice heading date (Ming Yu , Minrui Chen , Xudong Zhu , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
The Jumonji C domain-containing proteins GmJMJ19 and GmJMJ20 link florigen signaling with epigenetic regulation of photoperiodic flowering and post-flowering plant height in soybean #research #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...
September 20, 2026 at 8:34 AM
The Jumonji C domain-containing proteins GmJMJ19 and GmJMJ20 link florigen signaling with epigenetic regulation of photoperiodic flowering and post-flowering plant height in soybean #research #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...
Here’s the clue that got us interested:
Without the systemic flowering signal #florigen (sft), tomato still flowers - but vSYM initiation is strongly delayed.
So #floraltransition and its associated reprogramming of shoot architecture can be genetically uncoupled!
Without the systemic flowering signal #florigen (sft), tomato still flowers - but vSYM initiation is strongly delayed.
So #floraltransition and its associated reprogramming of shoot architecture can be genetically uncoupled!
September 2, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Here’s the clue that got us interested:
Without the systemic flowering signal #florigen (sft), tomato still flowers - but vSYM initiation is strongly delayed.
So #floraltransition and its associated reprogramming of shoot architecture can be genetically uncoupled!
Without the systemic flowering signal #florigen (sft), tomato still flowers - but vSYM initiation is strongly delayed.
So #floraltransition and its associated reprogramming of shoot architecture can be genetically uncoupled!
Our work reveals a broader role for florigen in coordinating shoot growth at floral transition, while local inputs tune parallel meristem programs to shape architecture.
Dedicated to Prof. Eliezer Lifschitz (Technion), who shared with us his curiosity, creativity and wisdom.
Dedicated to Prof. Eliezer Lifschitz (Technion), who shared with us his curiosity, creativity and wisdom.
September 2, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Our work reveals a broader role for florigen in coordinating shoot growth at floral transition, while local inputs tune parallel meristem programs to shape architecture.
Dedicated to Prof. Eliezer Lifschitz (Technion), who shared with us his curiosity, creativity and wisdom.
Dedicated to Prof. Eliezer Lifschitz (Technion), who shared with us his curiosity, creativity and wisdom.
Our emerging model suggests that apical AMs activate a common PUCHI/LOB30 programme through distinct inputs. vSYM is strongly florigen (SFT)-dependent, while rSIM relies more on UNIFLORA. Partially independent control provides developmental flexibility to shape shoot architecture.
September 2, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Our emerging model suggests that apical AMs activate a common PUCHI/LOB30 programme through distinct inputs. vSYM is strongly florigen (SFT)-dependent, while rSIM relies more on UNIFLORA. Partially independent control provides developmental flexibility to shape shoot architecture.
Imaizumi lab analyzed translatome of that florigen-producing cells and identified small and mobile protein FLP1 promotes flowering and stem growth in long days with natural light condition www.cell.com/developmenta...
Florigen-producing cells express FPF1-LIKE PROTEIN 1 to accelerate flowering and stem growth in Arabidopsis
Takagi and Lee et al. show that florigen-producing cells express unique transcripts
not found in other phloem cells by analyzing transcripts translated into proteins.
One such transcript encodes FLP1,...
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March 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Imaizumi lab analyzed translatome of that florigen-producing cells and identified small and mobile protein FLP1 promotes flowering and stem growth in long days with natural light condition www.cell.com/developmenta...
Our editors write:
- Dormancy release: A florigen prepares for spring rdcu.be/e3ytg
- Sustainable forest management: Decentralized forestry governance exacerbates rural inequalities rdcu.be/e3ytm
- Dormancy release: A florigen prepares for spring rdcu.be/e3ytg
- Sustainable forest management: Decentralized forestry governance exacerbates rural inequalities rdcu.be/e3ytm
February 11, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Our editors write:
- Dormancy release: A florigen prepares for spring rdcu.be/e3ytg
- Sustainable forest management: Decentralized forestry governance exacerbates rural inequalities rdcu.be/e3ytm
- Dormancy release: A florigen prepares for spring rdcu.be/e3ytg
- Sustainable forest management: Decentralized forestry governance exacerbates rural inequalities rdcu.be/e3ytm
News & Views: "How the florigen activation complex orchestrates flowering" rdcu.be/eZ87P
Recent work on the FAC uncovers a multi-layered assembly mechanism and an unexpected spatiotemporal distribution of the complex.
Recent work on the FAC uncovers a multi-layered assembly mechanism and an unexpected spatiotemporal distribution of the complex.
January 21, 2026 at 11:47 PM
News & Views: "How the florigen activation complex orchestrates flowering" rdcu.be/eZ87P
Recent work on the FAC uncovers a multi-layered assembly mechanism and an unexpected spatiotemporal distribution of the complex.
Recent work on the FAC uncovers a multi-layered assembly mechanism and an unexpected spatiotemporal distribution of the complex.
Optimization of crop productivity in tomato using induced mutations in the florigen pathway <a href="http://www.cshl.edu/1258-getting-more-out-of-nature-genetic-toolkit-finds-new-maximum-for-crop-yields.html" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.cshl.edu/1258-getting-more-out-of-nature-genetic-toolkit-finds-new-maximum-for-crop-yields.html
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November 4, 2014 at 8:14 AM
Optimization of crop productivity in tomato using induced mutations in the florigen pathway <a href="http://www.cshl.edu/1258-getting-more-out-of-nature-genetic-toolkit-finds-new-maximum-for-crop-yields.html" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.cshl.edu/1258-getting-more-out-of-nature-genetic-toolkit-finds-new-maximum-for-crop-yields.html
#icar2015 Hiroyuki Tsuji: Florigen-induced transposon silencing in rice shoot apical meristem <a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/112/8/E901.abstract" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.pnas.org/content/112/8/E901.abstract
July 9, 2015 at 10:48 AM
#icar2015 Hiroyuki Tsuji: Florigen-induced transposon silencing in rice shoot apical meristem <a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/112/8/E901.abstract" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.pnas.org/content/112/8/E901.abstract
The "tourism industry" is the largest industry in America, it employees more people & generates more tax dollars than any other industry in America. Florigen tourists spend the most money when they take vacations, which means they are more highly treasured the domestic tourists.
December 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The "tourism industry" is the largest industry in America, it employees more people & generates more tax dollars than any other industry in America. Florigen tourists spend the most money when they take vacations, which means they are more highly treasured the domestic tourists.
Okay, so in plant physiology molecular geneticist Chailakhyan of Florigen fame was actually reinstated in 1953 - under de jure rule of Lysenko and during Stalin's life, as I learnt from book on his life edited by GP, so in certain areas of science Lysenkoism lasted barely over 4 years.
If we are to compare Lysenkoism in USSR to any social phenomenon in contemporary USA, it would have been the ban on federal funding studies covering effects of gun lobby on people - except Lysenko lasted 6 years, and this one lasted decades.
July 13, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Okay, so in plant physiology molecular geneticist Chailakhyan of Florigen fame was actually reinstated in 1953 - under de jure rule of Lysenko and during Stalin's life, as I learnt from book on his life edited by GP, so in certain areas of science Lysenkoism lasted barely over 4 years.
Florigen genes are central to the floral transition in rice, but their full role remains underexplored. This study reveals a two-phase action of Hd3a and RFT1, showing how low and high florigen levels distinctly regulate developmental timing and floral induction.
Full article:
Full article:
Temporal transcriptome analysis reveals the two-phase action of florigens in rice flowering
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November 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Florigen genes are central to the floral transition in rice, but their full role remains underexplored. This study reveals a two-phase action of Hd3a and RFT1, showing how low and high florigen levels distinctly regulate developmental timing and floral induction.
Full article:
Full article:
16/ It turns out that the evolution of flowers - a "relatively modern" invention - took a much more complicated route than primitive plants. Rather than simple molecules (ethylene has only two carbons!), florigen involves transportable *proteins*.
June 23, 2023 at 10:08 AM
16/ It turns out that the evolution of flowers - a "relatively modern" invention - took a much more complicated route than primitive plants. Rather than simple molecules (ethylene has only two carbons!), florigen involves transportable *proteins*.
14/ Strigolactones affect branching and also function as a means of communication with mycorrhizæ in the soil (discussed here):
https://bsky.app/profile/nafnlaus.bsky.social/post/3jy4nvin4ut2r
And so forth.
But for much of a century, one key hormone eluded us - the fabled "Florigen".
Until now.
https://bsky.app/profile/nafnlaus.bsky.social/post/3jy4nvin4ut2r
And so forth.
But for much of a century, one key hormone eluded us - the fabled "Florigen".
Until now.
June 23, 2023 at 10:05 AM
14/ Strigolactones affect branching and also function as a means of communication with mycorrhizæ in the soil (discussed here):
https://bsky.app/profile/nafnlaus.bsky.social/post/3jy4nvin4ut2r
And so forth.
But for much of a century, one key hormone eluded us - the fabled "Florigen".
Until now.
https://bsky.app/profile/nafnlaus.bsky.social/post/3jy4nvin4ut2r
And so forth.
But for much of a century, one key hormone eluded us - the fabled "Florigen".
Until now.
But these sorts of things were easy to find, because they're simple compounds, and we're coming to understand that it's not nearly that simple. We've probably *finally* found for example the long-theorized "florigen" (the hormone to cause flowering), and it's a complex series of proteins.
May 20, 2023 at 4:51 PM
But these sorts of things were easy to find, because they're simple compounds, and we're coming to understand that it's not nearly that simple. We've probably *finally* found for example the long-theorized "florigen" (the hormone to cause flowering), and it's a complex series of proteins.
Our single nucleus RNA-seq work targeting companion cells expressing florigen is finally out. In @elife.bsky.social: Companion cells with high florigen production express other small proteins and reveal a nitrogen-sensitive FT repressor doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Companion cells with high florigen production express other small proteins and reveal a nitrogen-sensitive FT repressor
A distinct subset of leaf companion cells expresses high levels of the florigen gene, and the same cells also produce other possible mobile floral regulators and small proteins.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Our single nucleus RNA-seq work targeting companion cells expressing florigen is finally out. In @elife.bsky.social: Companion cells with high florigen production express other small proteins and reveal a nitrogen-sensitive FT repressor doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Using computer modeling and quantitative analysis of plant transcriptomes, we show how common design principles in core clock control photoperiod-dependent florigen function in short-day vs long-day plants #clock #circadianclock #oscillators #flowering #plantgrowth
Our take on Photoperiod regulation of core clock across plants:
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Regulatory principles of photoperiod-driven clock function in plants
The circadian clock provides a fundamental timing mechanism for plant fitting to seasonal changes in the photoperiod. Although photoperiodic regulatio…
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February 21, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Using computer modeling and quantitative analysis of plant transcriptomes, we show how common design principles in core clock control photoperiod-dependent florigen function in short-day vs long-day plants #clock #circadianclock #oscillators #flowering #plantgrowth