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Table 1 Diverse functions of the FT/TFL1 gene family in horticultural plants

From: Functional diversification and molecular mechanisms of FLOWERING LOCUS T/TERMINAL FLOWER 1 family genes in horticultural plants

Gene name

Effect on flowering

Other function

Regulatory input

References

Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana)

 AtFT

Induction

Plant growth; Dormancy

LD

Shannon and Meeks-Wagner, 1991;

Yoo et al., 2004;

Yamaguchi et al., 2005;

Michaels et al., 2005;

Xi et al., 2010;

Yoo et al., 2010;

D'Aloia et al., 2011;

Huang et al., 2012;

Kim et al., 2013;

Moraes et al., 2019;

Azpeitia et al., 2021;

Chen et al., 2021

 AtTSF

Induction

 

LD

 AtTFL1

Inhibition

Inflorescence development

LD

 AtBFT

Inhibition

Inflorescence development

LD

 AtATC

Inhibition

  

 AtMFT

Induction

Seed germination

 

Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum spp.)

 CsFTL1

Induction

 

LD, NB

Oda et al., 2012;

Higuchi et al., 2013;

Higuchi and Hisamatsu, 2015;

Mao et al., 2016;

Sun et al., 2017;

Gao et al., 2019;

Wang et al., 2020a, b;

Haider et al., 2020

 CsFTL2

Induction

 

LD, Sucrose

 CsFTL3

Induction

 

LD, Sucrose

 CsTFL1b

Inhibition

  

 CmTFL1a

Inhibition

  

 CmTFL1c

Inhibition

  

 CsAFT

Inhibition

 

LD, NB

Phalaenopsis (Phalaenopsishybrid)

 PhFT1

Induction

  

Li et al., 2014;

Zhou et al., 2018;

Jiang et al., 2022

 PhFT3

Induction

  

 PhFT5

Induction

  

 PhFT6

Inhibition

  

Orchid (OncidiumGower Ramsey)

 OnFT

Induction

  

Hou and Yang, 2009

 OnTFL1

Inhibition

  

Dendrobium (Dendrobium huoshanense)

 DhFT3

Induction

 

Gibberellin

Song et al., 2021

 DhFT1

Induction

 

Gibberellin

 DhFT2

Induction

 

Gibberellin

 DhTFL1a

Inhibition

  

 DhTFL1b

Inhibition

  

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

 SP

Inhibition

Indeterminate growth

 

Molinero-Rosales et al., 2004;

Lifschitz et al., 2006;

Shalit et al., 2009;

Jiang et al., 2013;

Lifschitz et al., 2014;

Cao et al., 2016;

Song, 2020

 SFT

Induction

Inflorescence development

 

 FTL1

Induction

 

SD

 SP5G

Inhibition

  

 SP5G2

Inhibition

  

 SP5G3

Inhibition

  

Strawberry (Fragaria×ananassa)

 FvFT1

Induction

 

LD

Koskela et al., 2012;

Nakano et al., 2015

 FvTFL1

Inhibition

 

LD, Cool temperature

Rose (Rosa spp.)

 RoKSN

Inhibition

  

Iwata et al., 2012;

Randoux et al., 2014, b;

Otagaki et al., 2015

 RoFT

Induction

  

Poplar (Populus spp.)

 PtFT1

Induction

  

Mohamed et al., 2010;

Hsu et al., 2011;

Gómez-Soto et al., 2022

 PtFT2

Inhibition

Vegetative growth; Shoot dormancy

LD, High temperature

 PopCEN1

Inhibition

  

 PopCEN2

Inhibition

  

Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)

 BvFT1

Inhibition

 

SD, Non-vernalized

Pin et al., 2010

 BvFT2

Induction

  

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

 ‘short-1’ UR CsFT

Induction

  

Wen et al., 2019;

Wang et al., 2020b

 ‘short-2’ UR CsFT

Induction

  

 ‘long’ UR CsFT

Inhibition

  

 CsTFL1

Inhibition

Determinate growth

 

 Tulip (Tulipa gesneriana)

 TgFT1

Inhibition

  

Leeggangers et al., 2018

 TgFT2

Induction

  

 TgFT3

Inhibition

  

Potato (Solanum tuberosum)

 StSP5G

Inhibition

  

Navarro et al., 2011;

Lee et al., 2013

 StSP5G-like

Inhibition

  

 StSP6A

 

Tuber formation

 

 Onion (Allium cepa)

 AcFT1

 

Bulb formation

LD

Blackman et al., 2010;

Lee et al., 2013

 AcFT2

Induction

 

Vernalization

 AcFT4

Inhibition

Bulb formation

 

Kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.)

 Kiwifruit FT

Induction

Dormancy release

Cool temperature

Varkonyi-Gasic et al., 2013

 Kiwifruit CEN

Inhibition

  

Pineapple (Ananas comosus)

 AcFTL2

Induction

 

Ethylene

Liu and Fan, 2016;

Liu et al., 2018