Plant growth, development and differentiation (6 hr) - Plant growth and development - Plant cell differentiation - Plant hormones and their controls in plant development - Control of flowering Stress relaxation of cell wall Cosgrove D.J. 1997. Plant Cell 9: 1031-1041 Acid growth theory Growth hormone auxin induces elongation growth of plant cells. -IAA +IAA Growing cell wall extend much faster at acidic pH than at neutral pH. Auxin-induced growth is associated with wall acidification. Acid growth theory Hager A. et al. 1991 Planta 185: 527-537 Evidences supporting the Acid Growth Theory (a) stem and coleoptile sections excrete protons in response to auxin, lowering the pH of the apoplast. (b) treatment of auxin-sensitive tissues with acidic buffers of pH 5.0 can cause cells to elongate at rates comparable to that induced by auxin. (c) neutral buffers infiltrated into the apoplast can inhibit auxin-induced growth. (d) the fungal toxin fusicoccin, whose main action is to promote extensive acidification of the apoplast, also causes rapid cell elongation. Growth curve “unicellular organism” Figure 1 Growth of the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas. Growth is assessed by a count of the number of cells per milliliter at increasing times after the cells are placed in fresh growth medium. Temperature, light, and nutrients provided are optimal for growth. An initial lag period during which cells may synthesize enzymes required for rapid growth is followed by a period in which cell number increases exponentially. This period of rapid growth is followed by a period of slowing growth in which the cell number increases linearly. Then comes the stationary phase, in which the cell number remains constant or even declines as nutrients are exhausted from the medium. Growth curve วัดการเติบโตจาก - นา้ หนักสด - นา้ หนักแห้ ง - ปริมาตร - ความสูง - ฯลฯ ที่ระยะเวลาต่ าง ๆ Shoot dry weight (kg) “multicellular organism” inflorescence Reproductive development การเข้ าสูร่ ะยะเจริญพันธุ์ (reproductive stage) ควบคุมโดยปั จจัยสิง่ แวดล้ อม เช่น อุณหภูมิและ จานวนชัว่ โมงแสง เนื ้อเยื่อเกิดการเจริญเป็ น floral meristem ทาอย่ างไร พืชจะออกดอก “ทาอย่ างไร พืชจะออกดอก” annual/ perennial tropical/ temperate sun /shade plant ๑. รู้ จักธรรมชาติของพืชต้ นนัน้ etc. ๒. เข้ าใจกลไกควบคุมการออกดอก signal/ receptor/ gene expression ทบทวนโครงสร้ างดอก เนือ้ เยื่อเจริญ: floral meristem โครงสร้ างของดอก ชัน้ ของดอก (whorl) 4 ชัน้ Flowering genes ABC model: three floral organ identity genes Homeotic mutation Flowering signals and receptors Photoperiod: day length controls of flowering Short-day plants Long-day plants Phytochrome control of flowering Vernalization: cold promotes flowering Four developmental pathway for flowering Taiz and Zeiger (2002) เข้ าใจกลไกควบคุมการออกดอก signal ภายใน: hormone (gibberellins), circadian rhythm (physiological clock) ภายนอก: light, temperature, humidity, nutrient receptor phytochrome (light); ? (temperature) gene expression meristem identity genes / floral organ identity genes/ cadastral genes