You have full text access to this OnlineOpen article

A role for ethylene in the phytochrome-mediated control of vegetative development

  1. Eloise Foo1,
  2. John J. Ross1,
  3. Noel W. Davies2,
  4. James B. Reid1,
  5. James L. Weller1,*

Article first published online: 25 MAY 2006

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02754.x

Issue

The Plant Journal

The Plant Journal

Volume 46, Issue 6, pages 911–921, June 2006

Additional Information

How to Cite

Foo, E., Ross, J. J., Davies, N. W., Reid, J. B. and Weller, J. L. (2006), A role for ethylene in the phytochrome-mediated control of vegetative development. The Plant Journal, 46: 911–921. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02754.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 55, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia, and

  2. 2

    Central Science Laboratory, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 74, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia

* *(fax +61 362262698; e-mail jim.weller@utas.edu.au).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 25 MAY 2006
  2. Article first published online: 25 MAY 2006
  3. Received 2 November 2005; revised 23 January 2006; accepted 7 February 2006.

SEARCH

SEARCH BY CITATION

ARTICLE TOOLS

View Full Article (HTML) Get PDF (381K)

References

  • Alabadí, D., Gil, J., Blázquez, M.A. and García-Martínez, J.L. (2004) Gibberellins repress photomorphogenesis in darkness. Plant Physiol. 134, 1050–1057.
  • Arteca, R.N., Bachman, J.M. and Mandava, N.B. (1988) Effects of indole-3-acetic acid and brassinosteriods on ethylene biosynthesis in etiolated mung bean hypocotyls segments. J. Plant Physiol. 133, 430–435.
  • Childs, K.L., Miller, F.R., Cordonnier-Pratt, M.-M., Pratt, L.H., Morgan, P.W. and Mullet, J.E. (1997) The sorghum photoperiod sensitive gene, Ma3, encodes a phytochrome B. Plant Physiol. 113, 611–619.
  • Collett, C.E., Harberd, N.P. and Leyser, O.L. (2000) Hormonal interactions in the control of Arabidopsis hypocotyl elongation. Plant Physiol. 124, 553–561.
  • Devlin, P.F., Halliday, K.J., Harberd, N.P. and Whitelam, G.C. (1996) The rosette habit of Arabidopsis thaliana is dependent upon phytochrome action: novel phytochromes control internode elongation and flowering time. Plant J. 10, 1127–1134.
    Direct Link:
  • Devlin, P.F., Patel, S.R. and Whitelam, G.C. (1998) Phytochrome E influences internode elongation and flowering time in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 10, 1479–1488.
  • Devlin, P.F., Robson, P.R.H., Patel, S.R., Goosey, L., Sharrock, R.A. and Whitelam, G.C. (1999) Phytochrome D acts in the shade-avoidance syndrome in Arabidopsis by controlling elongation growth and flowering time. Plant Physiol. 119, 909–916.
  • Finlayson, S.A., Lee, I.-J. and Morgan, P.W. (1998) PhyB and the regulation of circadian ethylene production in sorghum. Plant Physiol. 116, 17–25.
  • Foo, E., Bullier, E., Goussot, M., Foucher, F., Rameau, C. and Beveridge, C.A. (2005) The branching gene RAMOSUS1 mediates interactions among two novel signals and auxin in pea. Plant Cell, 17, 464–474.
  • Franklin, K.A., Praekelt, U., Stoddart, W.M., Billingham, O.E., Halliday, K.J. and Whitelam, G.C. (2003) Phytochromes B, D, and E act redundantly to control multiple physiological responses in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 131, 1340–1346.
  • Grbic, V. and Bleecker, A.B. (1995) Ethylene regulates the timing of leaf senescence in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 8, 595–602.
    Direct Link:
  • Hall, A.E. and Bleeker, A.B. (2003) Analysis of the combinatorial loss-of-function mutants in the Arabidopsis ethylene receptor reveals that the ers1 etr1 double mutant has severe developmental defects that are EIN2 dependent. Plant Cell, 15, 2032–2041.
  • Hasan, O., Ridoutt, B.G., Davies, N.W. and Reid, J.B. (1994) Identification and quantification of endogenous gibberellins in apical buds and cambial region of Eucalyptus. Physiol Plant. 90, 475–480.
    Direct Link:
  • Hiscox, J.D. and Israelstam, G.F. (1979) A method for the extraction of chlorophyll from leaf tissue without maceration. Can. J. Bot. 57, 1332–1334.
  • Imaseki, H., Pjon, C.-J. and Furuya, M. (1970) Phytochrome action in Oryza sativa L. IV. Red and far red reversible effect on the production of ethylene in excised coleoptiles. Plant Physiol. 48, 241–244.
  • Jager, C.E., Symons, G.M., Ross, J.J., Smith, J.J. and Reid, J.B. (2005) The brassinosteroid growth response in pea is not mediated by changes in gibberellin content. Planta, 221, 141–148.
  • Kende, H., Van Der Knaap, E. and Cho, H.-T. (1998) Deepwater rice: a model plant to study stem elongation. Plant Physiol. 118, 1105–1110.
  • Larsen, P.B. and Chang, C. (2001) The Arabidopsis eer1 mutant has enhanced ethylene responses in hypocotyl and stem. Plant Physiol. 125, 1061–1073.
  • Liscum, E., Hodgson, D.W. and Campbell, T.J. (2003) Blue light signaling through cryptochromes and phototropins. So that's what the blues is all about. Plant Physiol. 133, 1429–1436.
  • Lòpez-Juez, E., Nagatani, A., Tomizawa, K.-I., Deak, M., Kern, R., Kendrick, R.E. and Furuya, M. (1992) The cucumber long hypocotyls mutant lacks a light-stable PHYB-like phytochrome. Plant Cell, 4, 241–251.
  • Michalczuk, B. and Rudnicki, R.M. (1993) The effects of monochromatic red light on ethylene production in the leaves of Impatiens balsamina L. and other species. Plant Growth Reg. 13, 125–131.
  • Neff, M.M. and Chory, J. (1998) Genetic interactions between phytochrome A, phytochrome B, and cryptochrome 1 during Arabidopsis development. Plant Physiol. 118, 27–35.
  • Neff, M.N., Fankhauser, C. and Chory, J. (2000) Light: an indicator of time and place. Genes Dev. 14, 257–271.
  • Nomura, T., Jager, C.E., Kitasaka, Y. et al. (2004) Brassinosteroid deficiency due to truncated steroid 5-reductase causes dwarfism in the lk mutant of pea. Plant Physiol. 135, 2220–2229.
  • Peck, S.C. and Kende, H. (1998) Differential regulation of genes encoding 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase in etiolated pea seedlings: effects of indole-3-acetic acid, wounding and ethylene. Plant Mol. Biol. 38, 977–982.
  • Peck, S.C., Pawlowski, K. and Kende, H. (1998) Asymmetric responsiveness to ethylene mediates cell elongation in the apical hook of peas. Plant Cell, 10, 713–719.
  • Pierik, R., Cuppens, M.L.C., Voesenek, L.A.C.J. and Visser, E.J.W. (2004) Interactions between ethylene and gibberellins in phytochrome-mediated shade avoidance responses in tobacco. Plant Physiol. 136, 2928–2936.
  • Platten, J.D., Foo, E., Elliot, R.C., Hecht, V., Reid, J.B. and Weller, J.L. (2005) Cryptochrome 1 contributes to blue light sensing in pea. Plant Physiol. 139, 1472–1482.
  • Reed, J.W., Nagpal, P., Poole, D.S., Furuya, M. and Chory, J. (1993) Mutations in the gene for the red/far red receptor phytochrome B alter cell elongation and physiological responses throughout Arabidopsis development. Plant Cell, 5, 147–157.
  • Rijnders, J.G.H.M., Yang, Y.-Y., Kamiya, Y., Takahashi, N., Barendse, G.W.M., Blom, C.W.P.M. and Voesenek, L.A.C.J. (1997) Ethylene enhances gibberellin levels and petiole sensitivity in flooding-tolerant Rumex palustrus but not in flooding-intolerant R. acetosa. Planta, 203, 20–25.
  • Ross, J.J. and Reid, J.B. (1986) Internode length in Pisum. The involvement of ethylene with the gibberellin-insensitive erectoides phenotype. Physiol. Plant. 67, 673–679.
    Direct Link:
  • Ross, J.J., Reid, J.B., Weller, J.L. and Symons, G.M. (2005) Shoot architecture. I. Regulation of stem length. In Plant Architecture and its Manipulation (Turnbull, C.G.N., ed.). Oxford, UK: Blackwell, pp. 57–91.
  • Sharp, R.E., LeNoble, M.E., Else, M.A., Thorne, E.T. and Gherardi, F. (2000) Endogenous ABA maintains shoot growth in tomato independently of effects on water balance: evidence for interaction with ethylene. J. Exp. Bot. 51, 1575–1584.
  • Steed, C.L., Taylor, L.K. and Harrison, M.A. (2004) Red light regulation of ethylene biosynthesis and gravitropism in etiolated pea stems. Plant Growth Reg. 43, 117–125.
  • Symons, G.M. and Reid, J.B. (2003) Hormone levels and response during de-etiolation in pea. Planta, 216, 422–431.
  • Takano, M., Kanegae, H., Shinomura, T., Miyao, A., Hirochika, H. and Furuya, M. (2001) Isolation and characterisation of rice phytochrome A mutants. Plant Cell, 13, 521–534.
  • Tholen, D., Voesenek, L.A.C.J. and Poorter, H. (2004) Ethylene insensitivity does not increase leaf area or relative growth rate in Arabidopsis, Nicotiana tabacum, and Petunia × hybrida. Plant Physiol. 134, 1803–1812.
  • Van Tuinen, A., Kerckchoffs, L.H.J., Nagatani, A., Kendrick, R.E. and Koornneef, M. (1995) Far-red light-insensitive, phytochrome A-deficient mutants of tomato. Mol. Gen. Genet. 246, 133–141.
  • Valverde, F., Mouradov, A., Soppe, W., Ravenscroft, D., Samach, A. and Coupland, G. (2004) Photoreceptor regulation of CONSTANS protein in photoperiodic flowering. Science, 303, 1003–1006.
  • Vandenbussche, F., Vriezen, W.H., Smalle, J., Laarhoven, L.J.J., Harren, F.J.M. and Van Der Straeten, D. (2003) Ethylene and auxin control the Arabidopsis response to decreased light intensity. Plant Physiol. 133, 517–527.
  • Vandenbussche, F., Pierik, R., Millenaar, F.F., Voesenek, L.A.C.J. and Van Der Straeten, D. (2005) Reaching out of the shade. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 8, 462–468.
  • Vangronsveld, J., Clijsters, H. and Van Poucke, M. (1988) Phytochrome-controlled ethylene biosynthesis of intact etiolated bean seedlings. Planta, 174, 19–24.
  • Vriezen, W.H., Achard, P., Harberd, N.P. and Van Der Straeten, D. (2004) Ethylene-mediated enhancement of apical hook formation in etiolated Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings is gibberellin dependent. Plant J. 37, 505–516.
    Direct Link:
  • Wang, K.L.C., Li, H. and Ecker, J.R. (2002) Ethylene biosynthesis and signalling networks. Plant Cell, 14, S131–S151.
  • Weller, J.L., Nagatani, A., Kendrick, R.E., Murfet, I.C. and Reid, J.B. (1995) New lv mutants of pea are deficient in phytochrome B. Plant Physiol. 108, 525–532.
  • Weller, J.L., Murfet, I.C. and Reid, J.B. (1997) Pea mutants with reduced sensitivity to far-red light define an important role for phytochrome A in day-length detection. Plant Physiol. 114, 1225–1236.
  • Weller, J.L., Schreuder, M.E.L., Smith, H., Koornneef, M. and Kendrick, R.E. (2000) Physiological interactions of the phytochromes A, B1 and B2 in the control of development in tomato. Plant J. 24, 345–356.
    Direct Link:
  • Weller, J.L., Perrotta, G., Schreuder, M.E.L., Van Tuinen, A., Koornneef, M., Giuliano, G. and Kendrick, R.E. (2001a) Genetic dissection of blue-light sensing in tomato using mutants deficient in cryptochrome 1 and phytochromes A, B1 and B2. Plant J. 25, 427–440.
    Direct Link:
  • Weller, J.L., Beauchamp, N., Kerchoffs, L.H.J., Platten, J.D. and Reid, J.B. (2001b) Interaction of phytochrome A and B in the control of de-etiolation and flowering in pea. Plant J. 26, 283–294.
    Direct Link:
  • White, M.J., Fristensky, B.W., Flaconet, D., Childs, L.C., Watson, J.C., Alexander, L., Roe, B.A. and Thompson, W.F. (1992) Expression of chlorophyll-a/b-protein multigene family in pea (Pisum sativum L.). Evidence for distinct developmental responses. Planta, 188, 190–198.
  • Whitelam, G.C., Johnson, E., Peng, J., Carol, P., Anderson, M.L., Cowl, J.S. and Harberd, N.P. (1993) Phytochrome A null mutants of Arabidopsis display a wild-type phenotype in white light. Plant Cell, 5, 757–768.
  • Whitelaw, C.A., Lyssenko, N.N., Chen, L., Zhou, D., Mattoo, A.K. and Tucker, M.L. (2002) Delayed abscission and shorter internodes correlate with a reduction in the ethylene receptor LeETR1 transcript in transgenic tomato. Plant Physiol. 128, 978–987.
  • Woeste, K.E., Vogel, J.P. and Keiber, J.J. (1999) Factors regulating ethylene biosynthesis in etiolated Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. Physiol Plant. 105, 478–484.
    Direct Link:
  • Yi, H.C., Joo, S., Nam, K.H., Lee, J.S., Kang, B.J. and Kim, W.T. (1999) Auxin and brassinosteroid differentially regulate the expression of three members of the 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase gene family in mung bean (Vigna radiata L.). Plant Mol. Biol. 41, 443–454.
  • Zacarias, L. and Reid, M.S. (1990) Role pf growth regulators in the senescence of Arabidopsis thaliana leaves. Physiol. Plant. 80, 549–554.
    Direct Link:
View Full Article (HTML) Get PDF (381K)