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Here, the transcription factor ZjTCP7 was identified as a central target of these two effectors to regulate floral transition and shoot branching. Ectopic expression of \u003cjats:italic\u003eZjTCP7\u003c/jats:italic\u003e resulted in enhanced bolting and earlier flowering than did the control. Interaction and expression assays demonstrated that ZjTCP7 interacted with the ZjFT‐ZjFD module, thereby enhancing the ability of these genes to directly bind to the \u003cjats:italic\u003eZjAP1\u003c/jats:italic\u003e promoter. The effectors SJP1 and SJP2 unravelled the florigen activation complex by specifically destabilising ZjTCP7 and ZjFD to delay floral initiation. Moreover, the shoot branching of the \u003cjats:italic\u003eZjTCP7‐SRDX\u003c/jats:italic\u003e transgenic \u003cjats:italic\u003eArabidopsis\u003c/jats:italic\u003e lines were comparable to those of the \u003cjats:italic\u003eSJP1/2\u003c/jats:italic\u003e lines, suggesting the involvement of \u003cjats:italic\u003eZjTCP7\u003c/jats:italic\u003e in the regulation of shoot branching. ZjTCP7 interacted with the branching repressor ZjBRC1 to enhance suppression of the auxin efflux carrier \u003cjats:italic\u003eZjPIN3\u003c/jats:italic\u003e expression. ZjTCP7 also directly bound to and upregulated the auxin biosynthesis gene \u003cjats:italic\u003eZjYUCCA2\u003c/jats:italic\u003e, thereby promoting auxin accumulation. Our findings confirm that \u003cjats:italic\u003eZjTCP7\u003c/jats:italic\u003e serves as a bifunctional regulator destabilised by the effectors SJP1 and SJP2 to modulate plant development.\u003c/jats:p\u003e","long_citation_html":"Ma et al. (2024). 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