Environmental F actors coordinate circadian clock function and rhythm to regulate plant development

ABSTRACT

Changes in the external environment necessitate plant growth plasticity, with environmental signals such as light, temperature, and humidity regulating growth and development. The plant circadian clock is a biological time keeper that can be “reset” to adjust internal time to changes in the external environment. Exploring the regulatory mechanisms behind plant acclimation to environmental factors is important for understanding how plant growth and development are shaped and for boosting agricultural production. In this review, we summarize recent insights into the coordinated regulation of plant growth and development by environmental signals and the circadian clock, further discussing the potential of this knowledge.

KEYWORDS:

• Circadian clock
• environmental factors
• growth and development
• agricultural production

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Author contributions

D.Z. and L.G. designed the experiments. Y.Z., Y.M., H.Z. and X.G. contributed equally to this work. H.Z., X.G., J.X., D.Z., and T.Z. carried out all of the experiments with technical support from H.Z. Y.Z. analyzed the data. X.L., D.Z., Y.M. and H.Z. wrote the manuscript with input from X.G.

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Funding

This research was supported by funding from the Hengshui University support project (2023XJZX23).