A cluster of mutagenesis revealed an osmotic regulatory role of the OsPIP1 genes in enhancing rice salt tolerance
Available online 7 June 2023
Aquaporins play important regulatory roles in improving plant abiotic stress tolerance. To better understand whether the OsPIP1 genes collectively dominate the osmotic regulation in rice under salt...
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OsTHA8 encodes a pentatricopeptide repeat protein required for RNA editing and splicing during rice chloroplast development
Available online 5 June 2023
In higher plants, the chloroplast is the most important organelle for photosynthesis and for numerous essential metabolic processes in the cell. Although many genes involved in chloroplast development...
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GA Associated Dwarf 5 encodes an ent-kaurenoic acid oxidase required for maize gibberellin biosynthesis and morphogenesis
Available online 3 June 2023
Gibberellin (GA) functions in plant growth and development. However, genes involved in the biosynthesis and regulation of GA in crop plants are poorly understood. We isolated the mutant gad5-1 (GA-Associated...
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Puccinia triticina effector protein Pt_21 interacts with wheat thaumatin-like protein TaTLP1 to inhibit its antifungal activity and suppress wheat apoplast immunity
Available online 29 May 2023
Puccinia triticina (Pt), as the causal agent of wheat leaf rust, employs a plethora of effector proteins to modulate wheat immunity for successful colonization. Understanding the molecular mechanisms...
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Introgression of QTL from Aegilops tauschii enhances yield-related traits in common wheat
Available online 29 May 2023
To break the narrow diversity bottleneck of the wheat D genome, a set of Aegilops tauschii-wheat introgression (A-WI) lines was developed by crossing Ae. tauschii accession T015 with common wheat elite...
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The photosensory function of Zmphot1 differs from that of Atphot1 due to the C-terminus of Zmphot1 during phototropic response
Available online 27 May 2023
The role of phot1 in triggering hypocotyl phototropism and optimizing growth orientation has been well-characterized in Arabidopsis, whereas the role of Zmphot1 in maize remains largely unclear. Here,...
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RPNet: Rice plant counting after tillering stage based on plant attention and multiple supervision network
Available online 27 May 2023
Rice is a major food crop and is planted worldwide. Climatic deterioration, population growth, farmland shrinkage, and other factors have necessitated the application of cutting-edge technology to achieve...
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Fine mapping of a major QTL qHYF_B06 for peanut yield
Available online 24 May 2023
High yield is a major objective for peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) breeding worldwide. However, fewer yield-related quantitative trait loci (QTL) have been reported in peanut than in other staple food...
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Rice ferredoxin OsFd4 contributes to oxidative stress tolerance but compromises defense against blight bacteria
Available online 23 May 2023
Ferredoxins (Fds) in plastids are the most upstream stromal electron receptors shuttling electrons to downstream metabolic systems and function in various physiological processes of dicots, but their...
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Disruption of LEAF LESION MIMIC 4 affects ABA synthesis and ROS accumulation in rice
Available online 20 May 2023
Lesion mimic mutants (LMMs) are advantageous materials for studying programmed cell death (PCD). Although some rice LMM genes have been cloned, the diversity of functions of these genes indicates that...
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Genetic improvement of legume roots for adaption to acid soils
Available online 20 May 2023
Acid soils occupy approximately 50% of potentially arable lands. Improving crop productivity in acid soils, therefore, will be crucial for ensuring food security and agricultural sustainability. High...
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GmNLP7a inhibits soybean nodulation by interacting with GmNIN1a
Available online 11 May 2023
Nitrogen (N) is an essential macronutrient for plant growth and productivity. Leguminous plants establish symbiotic relationships with nitrogen-fixing rhizobial bacteria to use atmospheric dinitrogen...
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Resequencing-based QTL mapping for yield and resistance traits reveals great potential of Oryza longistaminata in rice breeding
Available online 11 May 2023
As a natural genetic reservoir, wild rice contains many favorable alleles and mutations conferring high yield and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. However, there are few reports describing...
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FGW1, a protein containing DUF630 and DUF632 domains, regulates grain size and filling in Oryza sativa L.
Available online 9 May 2023
Grain filling influences grain size and quality in cereal crops. The molecular mechanisms that regulate grain endosperm development remain elusive. In this study, we characterized a filling-defective...
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Late spring cold reduces grain number at various spike positions by regulating spike growth and assimilate distribution in winter wheat
Available online 4 May 2023
Late spring cold (LSC) occurred in the reproductive period of wheat impairs spike and floret differentiation during the reproductive period, when young spikelets are very cold-sensitive. However, under...
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Genetic analysis of GEFs and GDIs in rice reveals the roles of OsGEF5, OsGDI1, and OsGEF3 in the regulation of grain size and plant height
April 2023
Guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) and guanine nucleotide-dissociation inhibitors (GDIs) regulate small GTPase proteins, which function as molecular switches in various signaling pathways, but...
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TATA-box binding protein-associated factor 2 regulates grain size in rice
April 2023
Grain size, characterized by a combination of grain length, width, and thickness, is one of the major determinants of yield in rice. The present study identified TATA-box binding protein-associated...
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Fertility, genome stability, and homozygosity in a diverse set of resynthesized rapeseed lines
April 2023
Rapeseed (Brassica napus, AACC) was formed by hybridization between progenitor species Brassica rapa (AA) and Brassica oleracea (CC). As a result of a limited number of hybridization events between...
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Phenotypical and gene co-expression network analyses of seed shattering in divergent sorghum (Sorghum spp.)
April 2023
Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench], a multipurpose C4 crop, is also a model species of the Poaceae family for plant research. During the process of domestication, the modification of seed dispersal...
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Three novel alleles of OsGS1 developed by base-editing-mediated artificial evolution confer glufosinate tolerance in rice
April 2023
Only few glufosinate-tolerant genes, such as phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT) and bialaphos resistance (bar) identified from Streptomyces, are currently available for developing genetically...
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Genetic variation in GmCRP contributes to nodulation in soybean (Glycine max Merr.)
April 2023
Symbiosis between soybean and rhizobia contributes to soybean yield and quality. Although secreted rhizobial type III effectors are known to regulate infection and promote nitrogen fixation, much about...
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Non-conventional peptides in plants: From gene regulation to crop improvement
April 2023
Conventional peptides (CPs) and non-conventional peptides (NCPs) are generated from small open reading frames, but most CPs are derived from large precursors. NCPs, which are derived from sequences...
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Comparative DNA-methylome and transcriptome analysis reveals heterosis- and polyploidy-associated epigenetic changes in rice
April 2023
Heterosis and polyploidy have an overwhelming influence on plant evolution. Recently, polyploid rice hybrids have been used to breed new rice varieties because they combine the advantages of both heterosis...
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Exogenous SA or 6-BA maintains photosynthetic activity in maize leaves under high temperature stress
April 2023
With global warming, high-temperature (HT) stress has become a major abiotic stress for crops, in particular summer maize in China. Photosynthesis is sensitive to HT. Salicylic acid (SA) and 6-benzyladenine...
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BnbHLH92a negatively regulates anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin biosynthesis in Brassica napus
April 2023
Yellow seed trait is a desirable characteristic with potential for increasing seed quality and commercial value in rapeseed, and anthocyanin and proanthocyanidins (PAs) are major seed-coat pigments....
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