First published online November 8, 2005; 10.1105/tpc.105.035899
The Plant Cell 17:3311-3325 (2005)
© 2005 American Society of Plant Biologists
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Distinct and Cooperative Functions of Phytochromes A, B, and C in the Control of Deetiolation and Flowering in Rice[W],[OA]
Makoto Takanoa,1,2,
Noritoshi Inagakia,1,
Xianzhi Xiea,
Natsu Yuzuriharaa,
Fukiko Hiharaa,
Toru Ishizukab,
Masahiro Yanoc,
Minoru Nishimurad,
Akio Miyaoc,
Hirohiko Hirochikac and
Tomoko Shinomurab
a Department of Plant Physiology, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
b Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, Hatoyama, Saitama 350-0395, Japan
c Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
d Institute of Radiation Breeding, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Hitachi-ohmiya, Ibaraki 319-2293, Japan
2 To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail mtakano{at}nias.affrc.go.jp; fax 81-29-838-8384.
We have isolated phytochrome B (phyB) and phyC mutants from rice (Oryza sativa) and have produced all combinations of double mutants. Seedlings of phyB and phyB phyC mutants exhibited a partial loss of sensitivity to continuous red light (Rc) but still showed significant deetiolation responses. The responses to Rc were completely canceled in phyA phyB double mutants. These results indicate that phyA and phyB act in a highly redundant manner to control deetiolation under Rc. Under continuous far-red light (FRc), phyA mutants showed partially impaired deetiolation, and phyA phyC double mutants showed no significant residual phytochrome responses, indicating that not only phyA but also phyC is involved in the photoperception of FRc in rice. Interestingly, the phyB phyC double mutant displayed clear R/FR reversibility in the pulse irradiation experiments, indicating that both phyA and phyB can mediate the low-fluence response for gene expression. Rice is a short-day plant, and we found that mutation in either phyB or phyC caused moderate early flowering under the long-day photoperiod, while monogenic phyA mutation had little effect on the flowering time. The phyA mutation, however, in combination with phyB or phyC mutation caused dramatic early flowering.
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