Genetic dissection of N use efficiency using maize inbred lines and testcrosses
August 2023
Although the use of heterosis in maize breeding has increased crop productivity, the genetic causes underlying heterosis for nitrogen (N) use efficiency (NUE) have been insufficiently investigated....
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GhHSP24.7 mediates mitochondrial protein acetylation to regulate stomatal conductance in response to abiotic stress in cotton
August 2023
During seed germination, the cotton chaperone protein HSP24.7 regulates the release, from the mitochondrial electron transport chain, of reactive oxygen species (ROS), a stimulative signal regulating...
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Diverse functions of GmNLA1 members in controlling phosphorus homeostasis highlight coordinate response of soybean to nitrogen and phosphorus availability
August 2023
Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are two essential mineral nutrients for plant growth, which are required in relative high amount in plants. Plants have evolved a series of strategies for coordinately...
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Maize cryptochromes 1a1 and 1a2 promote seedling photomorphogenesis and shade resistance in Zea mays and Arabidopsis
August 2023
Maize growth and development are regulated by light quality, intensity and photoperiod. Cryptochromes are blue/ultraviolet-A light receptors involved in stem elongation, shade avoidance, and photoperiodic...
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Advances in deciphering salt tolerance mechanism in maize
August 2023
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a global cereal crop whose demand is projected to double by 2050. Along with worsening of farmland salinization, salt stress has become a major environmental threat to the sustainability...
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Genetic dissection of drought resistance for trait improvement in crops
August 2023
Reliance on agriculture for food security is a constant in all modern societies. Global climate change and population growth have put immense pressure on sustainable agriculture, exacerbating the effects...
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Late spring cold reduces grain number at various spike positions by regulating spike growth and assimilate distribution in winter wheat
August 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 variation in ZmSO contributes to ABA response and drought tolerance in maize seedlings
August 2023
Water scarcity impairs maize growth and yield. Identification and deployment of superior drought-tolerance alleles is desirable for the genetic improvement of stress tolerance in maize. Our previous...
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Down-regulation of MeMYB2 leads to anthocyanin accumulation and increases chilling tolerance in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
August 2023
Chilling-induced accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is harmful to plants, which usually produce anthocyanins to scavenge ROS as protection from chilling stress. As a tropical crop, cassava...
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A cluster of mutagenesis revealed an osmotic regulatory role of the OsPIP1 genes in enhancing rice salt tolerance
August 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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Overexpression of ZxABCG11 from Zygophyllum xanthoxylum enhances tolerance to drought and heat in alfalfa by increasing cuticular wax deposition
August 2023
Drought and heat stresses cause yield losses in alfalfa, a forage crop cultivated worldwide. Improving its drought and heat tolerance is desirable for maintaining alfalfa productivity in hot, arid regions....
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Potassium nutrition of maize: Uptake, transport, utilization, and role in stress tolerance
August 2023
Potassium (K) is an essential macronutrient for plant growth and development and influences yield and quality of agricultural crops. Maize (Zea mays) is one of the most widely distributed crops worldwide....
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Genetic improvement of legume roots for adaption to acid soils
August 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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Serotonin enrichment of rice endosperm by metabolic engineering
Available online 5 August 2023
In animals, serotonin is a neurotransmitter and mood regulator. In plants, serotonin functions in energy acquisition, tissue maintenance, delay of senescence, and response to biotic and abiotic stresses....
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The MabHLH11 transcription factor interacting with MaMYB4 acts additively in increasing plant scopolin biosynthesis
Available online 3 August 2023
The plant natural product scopolin, a coumarin secondary metabolite, has been extensively exploited in flavor, cosmetic, medicine, and other industrial fields. Melilotus albus, a leguminous rotation...
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Ectopic expression of OsNF-YA8, an endosperm-specific nuclear factor Y transcription-factor gene, causes vegetative and reproductive development defects in rice
Available online 28 July 2023
Nuclear factor Y (NF-Y), a group of conserved transcription-factor complexes that consist of NF-YA, B, and C subunits, is essential for developmental regulation and for responses to environmental changes...
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Reversible protein phosphorylation, a central signaling hub to regulate carbohydrate metabolic networks
Available online 21 July 2023
Plants produce a range of carbohydrates to meet their growth and developmental needs. Protein reversible phosphorylation plays key roles in coordinating multiple metabolic pathways and integrating diverse...
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Multiomic investigation of Sugarcane mosaic virus resistance in sugarcane
Available online 21 July 2023
Sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) is the main etiological agent of sugarcane mosaic disease, which affects sugarcane and other grass crops. Despite the extensive characterization of quantitative trait loci...
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The plasmodesmata-associated β-1,3-glucanase gene GhPdBG regulates fiber development in cotton
Available online 21 July 2023
Trichomes are specialized structures that originate from epidermal cells of organs in higher plants. The cotton fiber is a unique single-celled trichome that elongates from the seed coat epidermis....
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Wide grain 4, encoding an alpha-tubulin, regulates grain size by affecting cell expansion in rice
Available online 17 July 2023
Rice is one of the three most important food crops in the world. Increasing rice yield is an effective way to ensure food security. Grain size is a key factor affecting rice yield; however, the genetic...
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OsSPL10 controls trichome development by interacting with OsWOX3B at both transcription and protein levels in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Available online 11 July 2023
Plant trichomes are a specialized cellular tissue that functions in resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. In rice, three transcription-factor genes: OsWOX3B, HL6, and OsSPL10, have been found to...
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Maize–soybean relay cropping increases soybean yield synergistically by extending the post-anthesis leaf stay-green period and accelerating grain filling
Available online 11 July 2023
Relay cropping of Poaceae and Fabaceae promotes high yield and land-use efficiency by allowing a double harvest. However, it is difficult to increase yield synergistically because of the reduced photosynthetic...
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Identification and fine mapping of PmNJ3946 for powdery mildew resistance in einkorn wheat
Available online 7 July 2023
Powdery mildew caused by Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (Bgt) is a destructive wheat disease. Although it can be easily overcome by deployment of resistance genes, the resistance is often quickly...
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Improving maize growth and development simulation by integrating temperature compensatory effect under plastic film mulching into the AquaCrop model
Available online 6 July 2023
Temperature compensatory effect, which quantifies the increase in cumulative air temperature from soil temperature increase caused by mulching, provides an effective method for incorporating soil temperature...
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