How far can omics go in unveiling the mechanisms of floral senescence?

Rogers, Hilary ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3830-5857 2023. How far can omics go in unveiling the mechanisms of floral senescence? Biochemical Society Transactions 2023 , BST20221097. 10.1042/BST20221097

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Abstract

Floral senescence is of fundamental interest in understanding plant developmental regulation, it is of ecological and agricultural interest in relation to seed production, and is of key importance to the production of cut flowers. The biochemical changes occurring are well-studied and involve macromolecular breakdown and remobilisation of nutrients to developing seeds or other young organs in the plant. However, the initiation and regulation of the process and inter-organ communication remain to be fully elucidated. Although ethylene emission, which becomes autocatalytic, is a key regulator in some species, in other species it appears not to be as important. Other plant growth regulators such as cytokinins, however, seem to be important in floral senescence across both ethylene sensitive and insensitive species. Other plant growth regulators are also likely involved. Omics approaches have provided a wealth of data especially in ornamental species where genome data is lacking. Two families of transcription factors: NAC and WRKY emerge as major regulators, and omics information has been critical in understanding their functions. Future progress would greatly benefit from a single model species for understanding floral senescence; however, this is challenging due to the diversity of regulatory mechanisms. Combining omics data sets can be powerful in understanding different layers of regulation, but in vitro biochemical and or genetic analysis through transgenics or mutants is still needed to fully verify mechanisms and interactions between regulators.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
Publisher:	Portland Press
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	26 June 2023
Date of Acceptance:	13 June 2023
Last Modified:	13 Jul 2023 19:32
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/160605

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