Promotion of shade avoidance by BBX5 involves activation of PIF4 along with auxin biosynthetic and signaling genes

Fengyue Zhao; Rongbo Yang; Zhaoqing Song; Yeting Bian; Yuntao Xiao; Dongqing Xu

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1012177

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Promotion of shade avoidance by BBX5 involves activation of PIF4 along with auxin biosynthetic and signaling genes

Fengyue Zhao,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, National Center for Soybean Improvement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4239-4517

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Rongbo Yang,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, National Center for Soybean Improvement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7923-6367

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Zhaoqing Song,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, National Center for Soybean Improvement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5913-8462

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Yeting Bian,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, National Center for Soybean Improvement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3708-3335

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Yuntao Xiao,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, National Center for Soybean Improvement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Dongqing Xu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: dongqingxu@njau.edu.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, National Center for Soybean Improvement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7498-6568

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Promotion of shade avoidance by BBX5 involves activation of PIF4 along with auxin biosynthetic and signaling genes

Fengyue Zhao,
Rongbo Yang,
Zhaoqing Song,
Yeting Bian,
Yuntao Xiao,
Dongqing Xu

Published: June 5, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1012177

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