Nutrient-mediated modulation of flowering time

Yuhang Zhang; Baohui Liu; Fanjiang Kong; Liyu Chen

doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1101611

Nutrient-mediated modulation of flowering time

Front Plant Sci. 2023 Jan 19:14:1101611. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1101611. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Yuhang Zhang¹, Baohui Liu¹, Fanjiang Kong¹, Liyu Chen¹

Affiliation

¹ Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Editing, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China.

Abstract

Nutrition affects plant growth and development, including flowering. Flowering represents the transition from the vegetative period to the reproduction period and requires the consumption of nutrients. Moreover, nutrients (e.g., nitrate) act as signals that affect flowering. Regulation of flowering time is therefore intimately associated with both nutrient-use efficiency and crop yield. Here, we review current knowledge of the relationships between nutrients (primarily nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium) and flowering, with the goal of deepening our understanding of how plant nutrition affects flowering.

Keywords: flowering time; nitrogen; nutrient; phosphorus; potassium.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32001502, 31901499), and also supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2019M652839, 2020M682655).