Chalcone isomerase gene (OsCHI3) increases rice drought tolerance by scavenging ROS via flavonoid and ABA metabolic pathways
April 2025
The chalcone isomerase gene OsCHI, one of the key genes in the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway, plays an important role in rice (Oryza sativa) resistance to abiotic stresses. This study reveals how the...
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A new strategy of molecular breeding for optimal heading date and grain yield in rice by modulating elite allelic combinations of Ghd7, Hd3a, RFT1 and Gn1a
April 2025
A later heading date generally leads to higher grain yield in favorable ecological regions; however, grain yield reaches a limit as the heading date exceeds a certain threshold. Ghd7 is the first cloned...
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Brassica napus BnaWIP2 transcription factor promotes seed germination under salinity stress by repressing ABA biosynthesis and signaling
April 2025
Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) is a global oil crop. Salinity stress impedes the growth of rapeseed, especially during seed germination. The key genes mediating salinity stress response during seed germination...
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The role of imprinted gene ZmFIE1 during maize kernel development
April 2025
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a globally significant crop essential for food, feed, and bioenergy production. The maize kernel, serving as a primary sink for starch, proteins, lipids, and essential micronutrients,...
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Multi-activity ferruginated carbon quantum dots nanozyme improves wheat seedling growth and Cd tolerance
April 2025
Excessive accumulation of cadmium (Cd) impairs crop growth by inducing oxidative damage through the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). In this study, a biocompatible ferruginated carbon quantum...
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ZmZFP2 encoding a C4HC3-type RING zinc finger protein regulates kernel size and weight in maize
April 2025
The development of maize (Zea mays) kernels is a complex physiological process regulated by numerous genes in a spatially and temporally coordinated manner. However, many regulatory genes involved in...
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Ali-A1 and TPL1 proteins interactively modulate awn development in wheat
April 2025
The awn can contribute to photosynthesis and carbohydrates, enhancing grain yield in wheat. We mapped QAwn.sxau-5A, a major QTL for awn development in wheat (Triticum aestivum). This QTL was delimited...
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The OsSAPK10-OsPAL1 module contributes to rice blast resistance
April 2025
The SnRK2 gene family plays important roles in ABA mediated abiotic stress responses. However, the roles and functional mechanism of the SnRK2 gene family in plant immunity are largely unknown. In this...
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Modulation of flowering by an alternatively spliced AGL18-1 transcript in Brassica juncea
April 2025
Photoperiod and temperature are crucial factors that trigger flowering in Brassica juncea (B. juncea). However, the underlying regulatory mechanisms remain poorly understood. The MADS-box transcription...
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Optimized boll-loading capacity of cotton root system increases seedcotton yield under wheat-cotton straw return with appropriate nitrogen fertilization
April 2025
Long-term straw return with appropriate nitrogen (N) fertilization increases seedcotton yield and fiber quality, and the root system plays an important role in cotton production. However, under straw...
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PlantGaussian: Exploring 3D Gaussian splatting for cross-time, cross-scene, and realistic 3D plant visualization and beyond
April 2025
Observing plants across time and diverse scenes is critical in uncovering plant growth patterns. Classic methods often struggle to observe or measure plants against complex backgrounds and at different...
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Root morphological adaptation and leaf lipid remobilization drive differences in phosphorus use efficiency in rapeseed seedlings
April 2025
With the objective of investigating the basis of phosphorus (P) utilization efficiency (PUE), physiological and morphological traits, two P-efficient and two P-inefficient rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)...
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Fine-mapping and candidate gene identification for QPtn.sau-4B showing potential in increasing productive tiller number and yield in wheat
April 2025
Productive tiller number (PTN) is a pivotal trait that significantly influences wheat grain yield. To date, there have been limited reports on the cloning of genes that regulate PTN in wheat. The quantitative...
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Discrepant involvement of homologous repair and non-homologous end joining pathways in maize development and growth
April 2025
Chromosomal DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are often generated in the genome of all living organisms. To combat DNA damage, organisms have evolved several DSB repair mechanisms, with nonhomologous...
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Genetic basis of the mucilage secretion ability associated with nitrogen fixation from aerial roots of maize inbred lines under low nitrogen conditions
April 2025
Recent studies have shown that mucilage secretion from aerial roots is an essential feature of modern maize inbred lines, with some retaining the nitrogen-fixing capabilities of ancient landraces. To...
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Sugarcane genetics: Underlying theory and practical application
April 2025
Sugarcane is recognized as the fifth largest crop globally, supplying 80% of sugar and 40% of bioenergy production. However, sugarcane genetic research has significantly lagged behind other crops due...
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Is the relationship between grain number and spike dry weight linear? Insights from larger spikes in wheat
April 2025
Grain yield variation has been associated to variation in grain number per unit area (GN). It has been shown in the last about 40 years that GN is linearly associated to the spike dry weight (SDW) at...
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Micro-ridge-furrow planting increases rapeseed yield and resource utilization efficiency through optimizing field microenvironment and light-nitrogen matching
April 2025
The effects of micro-ridge-furrow planting (MR) on yield and the efficiency of light, water, and thermal resource use in rapeseed were tested in a three-year field experiment comparing MR to conventional...
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Increased expression of OsSAUR23 and OsRR9 regulates rice plant and organ size
April 2025
Plant height and grain size are the most important factors determining rice yield. Here, in the rice mutant small plant and organ size1 (spos1) with reduced plant height and small grain, T-DNA insertion...
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Curly leaf 1, a CHD domain-containing protein, regulates leaf development by H3K27me3 modification in rice
April 2025
The leaf is a major organ for photosynthesis, and its shape plays an important role in plant development and yield determination in rice (Oryza sativa L.). In this study, an adaxial curled leaf mutant,...
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Split nitrogen application increases maize root growth, yield, and nitrogen use efficiency under soil warming conditions
April 2025
The increase in soil temperature associated with climate change has introduced considerable challenges to crop production. Split nitrogen application (SN) represents a potential strategy for improving...
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SiPRR37 exerts dual functions in the regulation of photoperiodic flowering and contributes to the ecological adaption of foxtail millet
April 2025
Foxtail millet (Setaria italica) is an important crop and an emerging model plant. Photoperiodic flowering is a key determinant of its production and geographic expansion. In this study, we found that...
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A high-resolution 20K SNP array for comprehensive genotyping and genetic mapping in Nicotiana tabacum L.
April 2025
Nicotiana tabacum (2n = 4x = 48), an economically important non-food crop and a model plant for genetic studies, faces challenges in efficient genotyping of novel germplasm. To address this, we developed...
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Safener-mediated increase in yield components of common buckwheat
April 2025
Herbicide safeners alleviate herbicide toxicity while preserving weed-control efficacy in common buckwheat. A three-year field experiment was performed to measure the effects of quizalofop-P-ethyl (QPE)...
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A new wavy-canopy architecture shaped by interlaced application of EDAH increases maize yield and lodging resistance at high density
April 2025
High-density planting increases maize yield but also canopy crowding and stalk lodging. Aiming this contradiction, a wavy canopy was created using interlaced chemical application (IC) of a plant growth...
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