“…PIF4 promotes hypocotyl elongation mainly by regulating downstream auxin signaling, which promotes cell elongation (Sun et al, 2013). In addition to the circadian clock, multiple signaling cascades (phytochromes, cryptochromes, UV-B, low and high ambient temperature) converge on PIF4 and the PIF4-mediated auxin signal transduction pathway to control hypocotyl growth (Huq and Quail, 2002;Jung et al, 2016;Legris et al, 2016;Ma et al, 2016;Pedmale et al, 2016;Hayes et al, 2017;Dong et al, 2020;Jiang et al, 2020;Yan et al, 2020). Thus, PIF4 functions as a central hub, acting downstream of multiple signaling pathways, to gate seedling growth.…”