Table 2.
A simplified presentation of the crosstalk between different phytohormones and regulation of flowering time in response to photoperiod.
| Interacting phytohormones | Organism | Type of interaction | Phytohormone regulation | Flowering phenotype | Photoperiod conditions | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA, ABA | Arabidopsis | Antagonistic | Low GA, Low ABA | Rescue of the late-flowering phenotype of ga-1 by aba2 | LD and SD | Domagalska et al., 2010 |
| GA, ABA | Arabidopsis | Antagonistic | Low GA, High ABA | Late flowering: Upregulation of GAox7 by NCED6 | LD | Shu et al., 2016 |
| GA, ABA | Arabidopsis | Antagonistic | High GA, Low ABA | Early flowering: Inhibition of ABI4 by GA hormones | LD | Shu et al., 2016 |
| GA, ABA | Rice | Antagonistic | Low GA, High ABA | Late flowering: Upregulation of OsEUI by OsAP2 | LD | Yaish et al., 2010 |
| GA, ABA | Rice | Antagonistic | High GA, Low ABA | Early flowering: Inhibition of NCED1 by GA hormones | LD | Yaish et al., 2010 |
| CK, GA | Arabidopsis | Synergistic | High CK, High GA | Late flowering: downregulation of SOC1 | LD | Richter et al., 2010; Ranftl et al., 2016 |
| GA, BR | Arabidopsis | Partially synergistic | High GA, Low BR | Activation of GA synthesis rescued the late-flowering phenotype of bri-1 mutants | LD | Domagalska et al., 2010; Unterholzner et al., 2015 |
| BR, ABA | Arabidopsis | Antagonistic | High ABA, Low BR | Late flowering: ABA inhibits BR synthesis by inhibition of the PIF − BES1 complex | LD | Hayes et al., 2019 |