Axillary Bud Fate Shapes Plant Architecture in Horticultural Crops

Above-ground plant architecture is dictated to a large extent by the fates and growth rates of aerial meristems. Shoot apical meristem gives rise fundamental form generating new leaves. However, axillary meristems located in leaf axils have great influence on affect harvest index, yield potential cultural practices. Improving breeding facilitates denser plantations, better resource use efficiency even mechanical harvesting. Knowledge genetic mechanisms regulating needed for precision breeding, especially determining feasible targets. Fortunately, research many crop species has demonstrated that relatively small number genes effect fates. In this review, we select important horticultural agricultural as examples how changes cultivation practices species. We focus specifically determination fate review may change drastically because altered fate. also explain what known about environmental control these species, further architectural traits could benefit sector.