Manipulation of growth and architectural characteristics in trees for increased woody biomass production

Authors

Victor B. Busov, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-16-2018

Department

College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science

Abstract

Growth and architectural traits in trees are economically and environmentally important and thus of considerable importance to the improvement of forest and fruit trees. These traits are complex and result from the operation of a number of molecular mechanisms. This review will focus on the regulation of crown architecture, secondary woody growth and adventitious rooting. These traits and processes have significant impact on deployment, management, and productivity of tree crops. The majority of the described work comes from experiments in model plants, poplar, apple, peach, and plum because these species allow functional analysis of the involved genes and have significant genomics resources. However, these studies convincingly show conserved mechanisms for elaboration of specific growth and architectural traits. The conservation of these mechanisms suggest that they can be used as a blueprint for the improvement of these traits and processes in phylogenetically diverse tree crops. We will specifically consider the involvement of flowering time, transcription factors and hormone-associated genes. The review will also discuss the impact of recent technological advances as well as the challenges to the dissection of these traits in trees.

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© 2018 Busov. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. Publisher’s version of record: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01505

Publication Title

Frontiers in Plant Science

Recommended Citation

Busov, V. B. (2018). Manipulation of growth and architectural characteristics in trees for increased woody biomass production. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 1-8. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01505
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