TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding and controlling plant development
AU - Newbigin, Ed
AU - Smyth, David R.
AU - Clarke, Adrienne E.
PY - 1995/9
Y1 - 1995/9
N2 - Roots, stems, leaves and flowers are ultimately derived from specialized regions (meristems) of plants. Unlike the situation in animals, new organs are produced from meristems throughout the life of a plant. Plant development is also modulated by environmental influences, including light, temperature and gravity, and by internally generated chemicals, the plant hormones. Plant-hormone physiology is already being modified in transgenic plants so that desirable properties can be generated. In addition, regulatory genes that control organogenesis from specific plant meristems have recently been identified. In the near future, these genes will be used to design plants that display many more new and useful developmental patterns.
AB - Roots, stems, leaves and flowers are ultimately derived from specialized regions (meristems) of plants. Unlike the situation in animals, new organs are produced from meristems throughout the life of a plant. Plant development is also modulated by environmental influences, including light, temperature and gravity, and by internally generated chemicals, the plant hormones. Plant-hormone physiology is already being modified in transgenic plants so that desirable properties can be generated. In addition, regulatory genes that control organogenesis from specific plant meristems have recently been identified. In the near future, these genes will be used to design plants that display many more new and useful developmental patterns.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0029149485&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0167-7799(00)88978-7
DO - 10.1016/S0167-7799(00)88978-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0029149485
SN - 0167-7799
VL - 13
SP - 338
EP - 343
JO - Trends in Biotechnology
JF - Trends in Biotechnology
IS - 9
ER -