Abstract：Abstract The plant lateral buds are important organs which are involved into morphogenesis. Recently many progresses has been made on research of the development of lateral buds. This review systematically summed up the main advances in model plant lateral buds (including Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa) focusing on the plant hormone and gene expression regulations during the growth and development of lateral buds, and drew the involved gene expression regulating networks. Bamboo (Bambusoideae) shoot bud is a kind of plant lateral buds. Due to bamboo shoot bud differentiation and development have great influence on production of bamboo shoots and bamboo wood, many bamboo researchers focus on the research of bamboo shoot buds and have achieved many interesting results in recent years. So, we also summarized the research progress of bamboo shoot buds based on the research advance of model plant lateral buds. In this paper, the key candidate genes involved into the growth and development of bamboo shoot bud were emphasized the possible breakthrough for further research on the mechanism of the differentiation and development of bamboo shoot bud were also suggested.
