Leaf senescence is the final stage of leaf development and involves the active degradation and dynamic transfer of its cellular components to newly growing and storage tissues,which contributes to plant fitness(Gan an...Leaf senescence is the final stage of leaf development and involves the active degradation and dynamic transfer of its cellular components to newly growing and storage tissues,which contributes to plant fitness(Gan and Amasino,1997;Lim et al.,2007).The genetic modification of leaf senescence has emerged as a promising strategy for improving nutritional traits and stress tolerance in plants(Rivero et al.,2007).Efforts to dissect the molecular mechanisms underpinning leaf senescence reveal that it is a highly coordinated process regulated by a large number of senescence-associated genes(SAGs)(Guo and Gan,2005;Lim et al.,2007).Functional studies of these SAG genes through reverse genetics strategies and identification of senescence-altered mutants through forward genetic screening have deepened the understanding of leaf senescence(Guo et al.,2021).展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(32170345 and 31970196 to ZL)Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA19050302,XDB13040500 to Z.Z.)+3 种基金National Key Research and Development Program of China,Startup Funding(2017YFC0907502 to Z.Z.)13th Fiveyear Informatization Plan of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XXH13505-05 to Z.Z.)International Partnership Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(153F11KYSB20160008)National Key Research and Development Program of China(2019YFA0903904 to H.G.).
文摘Leaf senescence is the final stage of leaf development and involves the active degradation and dynamic transfer of its cellular components to newly growing and storage tissues,which contributes to plant fitness(Gan and Amasino,1997;Lim et al.,2007).The genetic modification of leaf senescence has emerged as a promising strategy for improving nutritional traits and stress tolerance in plants(Rivero et al.,2007).Efforts to dissect the molecular mechanisms underpinning leaf senescence reveal that it is a highly coordinated process regulated by a large number of senescence-associated genes(SAGs)(Guo and Gan,2005;Lim et al.,2007).Functional studies of these SAG genes through reverse genetics strategies and identification of senescence-altered mutants through forward genetic screening have deepened the understanding of leaf senescence(Guo et al.,2021).