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Perenniality: the tale of three MADS-box genes

Zheng Li^1,†,* , Ruichen Ma^1,† , Rishikesh P. Bhalerao^2,*

¹Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Innovation of Perennial Rice from Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, School of Agriculture, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
²Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
^†These authors contributed equally: Zheng Li, Ruichen Ma
* Correspondence: Zheng Li(zhengli@ynu.edu.cn)Rishikesh P. Bhalerao(rishi.bhalerao@slu.se)

Perennial and annual lifestyles represent two main life strategies in the plant kingdom, and they are largely defined by flowering behavior. A new study uncovers the genetic basis underlying the diversity of these strategies in the Brassicaceae, in which three floral repressor genes act in an additive fashion to shape continuous variation in flowering behavior, and excitingly, this discovery enables swift perennialization of annual Brassicaceae crops.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-024-01001-7

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