Claim · model-written summary
The authors infer that mechanical stimulation stops tendril elongation through GA deactivation, setting final length relative to support distance.
- Taxon
- cucumber
Cucumis sativuse0
- Organ / stage
- tendrilse0
- Outcome
- suitable final lengthe0
- Qualifier
- GA deactivatione0
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Verbatim
e0“In summary, our results suggest that GA deactivation plays an important role in tendril thigmo response, ensuring that tendrils obtain a suitable final length according to their distance from the support in cucumber.”
Title
Tendril length is determined by gibberellin deactivation during thigmo response in cucumber
Zipei Fan; Chenhao Zhou; Xu Wang; et al. The Plant Journal 2024. doi:10.1111/tpj.17023
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect Mechanical stimulation stopped cucumber tendril elongation.
- Association Cucumber tendril length depended on distance from the support.
- Mechanism Mimicked touch stopped cucumber tendril elongation by inhibiting cell expansion.
- Observation CsGA2ox3 was upregulated in mechanically stimulated cucumber tendrils.
- Observation CsCYP714A2 was upregulated in mechanically stimulated cucumber tendrils.
- Observation CsCYP714A3 was upregulated in mechanically stimulated cucumber tendrils.
- Observation Endogenous bio-active GA 4 was reduced in mechanically stimulated cucumber tendrils.
- Mechanism Overexpression in transgenic Arabidopsis confirmed a role for CsGA2ox3 in GA deactivation.
- Mechanism Overexpression in transgenic Arabidopsis confirmed a role for CsCYP714A2 in GA deactivation.
- Mechanism Overexpression in transgenic Arabidopsis confirmed a role for CsCYP714A3 in GA deactivation.
- Intervention effect Exogenous GA restored cucumber tendril elongation under mechanical stimulation.
- Intervention effect Exogenous uniconazole inhibited cucumber tendril elongation without mechanical stimulation.