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Growing in time: exploring the molecular mechanisms of tree growth
Trees cover vast areas of the Earth’s landmasses. They mitigate erosion, capture carbon dioxide, produce oxygen and support biodiversity, and also are a source of food, raw materials and energy for human populations. Understanding the growth cycles of trees is fundamental for many areas of research....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8033248/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32470114 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaa065 |
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author | Singh, Rajesh Kumar Bhalerao, Rishikesh P Eriksson, Maria E |
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description | Trees cover vast areas of the Earth’s landmasses. They mitigate erosion, capture carbon dioxide, produce oxygen and support biodiversity, and also are a source of food, raw materials and energy for human populations. Understanding the growth cycles of trees is fundamental for many areas of research. Trees, like most other organisms, have evolved a circadian clock to synchronize their growth and development with the daily and seasonal cycles of the environment. These regular changes in light, daylength and temperature are perceived via a range of dedicated receptors and cause resetting of the circadian clock to local time. This allows anticipation of daily and seasonal fluctuations and enables trees to co-ordinate their metabolism and physiology to ensure vital processes occur at the optimal times. In this review, we explore the current state of knowledge concerning the regulation of growth and seasonal dormancy in trees, using information drawn from model systems such as Populus spp. |
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spelling | pubmed-80332482021-04-14 Growing in time: exploring the molecular mechanisms of tree growth Singh, Rajesh Kumar Bhalerao, Rishikesh P Eriksson, Maria E Tree Physiol Arboreal Review Trees cover vast areas of the Earth’s landmasses. They mitigate erosion, capture carbon dioxide, produce oxygen and support biodiversity, and also are a source of food, raw materials and energy for human populations. Understanding the growth cycles of trees is fundamental for many areas of research. Trees, like most other organisms, have evolved a circadian clock to synchronize their growth and development with the daily and seasonal cycles of the environment. These regular changes in light, daylength and temperature are perceived via a range of dedicated receptors and cause resetting of the circadian clock to local time. This allows anticipation of daily and seasonal fluctuations and enables trees to co-ordinate their metabolism and physiology to ensure vital processes occur at the optimal times. In this review, we explore the current state of knowledge concerning the regulation of growth and seasonal dormancy in trees, using information drawn from model systems such as Populus spp. Oxford University Press 2020-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8033248/ /pubmed/32470114 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaa065 Text en © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Arboreal Review Singh, Rajesh Kumar Bhalerao, Rishikesh P Eriksson, Maria E Growing in time: exploring the molecular mechanisms of tree growth |
title | Growing in time: exploring the molecular mechanisms of tree growth |
title_full | Growing in time: exploring the molecular mechanisms of tree growth |
title_fullStr | Growing in time: exploring the molecular mechanisms of tree growth |
title_full_unstemmed | Growing in time: exploring the molecular mechanisms of tree growth |
title_short | Growing in time: exploring the molecular mechanisms of tree growth |
title_sort | growing in time: exploring the molecular mechanisms of tree growth |
topic | Arboreal Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8033248/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32470114 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaa065 |
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