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Plant vascular development: mechanisms and environmental regulation

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Plant vascular development is a complex process culminating in the generation of xylem and phloem, the plant transporting conduits. Xylem and phloem arise from specialized stem cells collectively termed (pro)cambium. Once developed, xylem transports mainly water and mineral nutrients and phloem transports photoassimilates and signaling molecules. In the past few years, major advances have been made to characterize the molecular, genetic and physiological aspects that govern vascular development. However, less is known about how the environment re-shapes the process, which molecular mechanisms link environmental inputs with developmental outputs, which gene regulatory networks facilitate the genetic adaptation of vascular development to environmental niches, or how the first vascular cells appeared as an evolutionary innovation. In this review, we (1) summarize the current knowledge of the mechanisms involved in vascular development, focusing on the model species Arabidopsis thaliana, (2) describe the anatomical effect of specific environmental factors on the process, (3) speculate about the main entry points through which the molecular mechanisms controlling of the process might be altered by specific environmental factors, and (4) discuss future research which could identify the genetic factors underlying phenotypic plasticity of vascular development.

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Work in the authors’ laboratories is supported by funds from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Universities (BIO2016-79147-R to JA, and BFU2016-80621-P to MAB). JA holds a Ramón y Cajal contract (RYC-2014-15752). We are deeply grateful to Debra Westall (Universitat Politècnica de València) for revising the manuscript. Due to space limitations, not all relevant publications could be included in this review.

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