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SELF-PRUNING Acts Synergistically with DIAGEOTROPICA to Guide Auxin Responses and Proper Growth Form.
Plant physiology - 1 Apr 2018
Silva Willian B, Vicente Mateus H, Robledo Jessenia M, Reartes Diego S, Ferrari Renata C, Bianchetti Ricardo, Araújo Wagner L, Freschi Luciano, Peres Lázaro E P, Zsögön Agustin
Abstract excerpt
The SELF PRUNING (SP) gene is a key regulator of growth habit in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). It is an ortholog of TERMINAL FLOWER1, a phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein with antiflorigenic activity in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). A spontaneous loss-of-function mutation (sp) has been bred into several industrial tomato cultivars, as it produces a suite of pleiotropic effects that are favorable for...
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