Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (15)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by VILLANI, P. J.
Right arrow Articles by DEMASON, D. A.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by VILLANI, P. J.
Right arrow Articles by DEMASON, D. A.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by VILLANI, P. J.
Right arrow Articles by DEMASON, D. A.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Annals of Botany 83: 117-128, 1999
© 1999 Annals of Botany Company

TheAfGene Regulates Timing and Direction of Major Developmental Events during Leaf Morphogenesis in Garden Pea (Pisum sativum)

PHILIP J. VILLANI and DARLEEN A. DEMASON+

Department of Biology, Augustana College, 639-38th Street, Rock Island, IL, 61201-2296, USA Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA

July 7, 1998 ; September 10, 1998 . October 27, 1998

The wildtype leaf of the garden pea possesses proximal pairs of leaflets and distal pairs of tendrils in the blade region. Theafila (af) mutation causes leaflets to be replaced by compound (branched) tendrils. We characterized the morphological variation in leaf form along the plant axis and leaf development in early and late postembryonic leaves onafilaplants to infer the role of theAfgene. Leaf forms are more diverse early in shoot ontogeny onafilaplants.Afinfluences pinna length and pinna branching in addition to pinna type. Pinna initiation in the proximal region ofafilaleaf primordia is basipetal and delayed compared to wildtype plants. In addition, pinna development in the proximal region ofafilaleaves occurs for a longer period of time than on wildtype leaf primordia. Therefore,Afregulates the timing and direction of leaf developmental processes in the proximal region of the leaf, but has little effect on the distal region. These data support the heterochronic model of pea leaf morphogenesis proposed by Luet al. (International Journal of Plant Science157: 311–355, 1996).Copyright 1999 Annals of Botany Company.

afila,Fabaceae, garden pea, heterochrony, leaf morphogenesis,Pisum sativum.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Plant Cell PhysiolHome page
F. Bai and D. A. DeMason
Hormone Interactions and Regulation of Unifoliata, PsPK2, PsPIN1 and LE Gene Expression in Pea (Pisum sativum) Shoot Tips
Plant Cell Physiol., July 1, 2006; 47(7): 935 - 948.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Plant CellHome page
C. W. Gourlay, J. M. I. Hofer, and T. H. N. Ellis
Pea Compound Leaf Architecture Is Regulated by Interactions among the Genes UNIFOLIATA, COCHLEATA, AFILA, and TENDRIL-LESS
PLANT CELL, August 1, 2000; 12(8): 1279 - 1294.
[Abstract] [Full Text]


Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.