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Identification of a candidate gene for a QTL for spikelet number per spike on wheat chromosome arm 7AL by high-resolution genetic map**
Key messageA high-resolution genetic map combined with haplotype analyses identified a wheat ortholog of rice gene APO1 as the best candidate gene...
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Ballistochory in the herbaceous bamboo genus Reitzia (Poaceae, Bambusoideae, Olyreae): the second report of this dispersal syndrome in grasses
Seed dispersal is essential for the success of plants, allowing them to find advantageous areas to inhabit while avoiding inbreeding. Although...
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An improvement in water stress tolerance in rice by altering morpho-physiological and biochemical mechanisms using root colonizing endophyte Piriformospora indica
Drought poses a serious threat to the livelihood and food security of millions of people on the planet by causing water shortage in agriculture...
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Screening and Assessment of Triticum aestivum Germplasm for Salt Tolerance in Naturally affected Conditions
Salt stress is one of the significant abiotic constraints for wheat production globally. Crop improvement by exploiting wheat germplasm resources for...
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Role of brassinosteroids in rice spikelet differentiation and degeneration under soil-drying during panicle development
BackgroundBrassinosteroids (BRs) are a new group of plant hormones and play important roles in plant growth and development. However, little...
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Dissecting the trade-off of grain number and size in wheat
Main conclusionPrincipal component and meta-QTL analyses identified genetic loci affecting the trade-off of wheat grain number and size, which could...
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Fine map** qKRN5.04 provides a functional gene negatively regulating maize kernel row number
Key messageZm00001d016075 was identified by fine map** qKRN5.04 . The function of Zm00001d016075, negatively modulating maize ( Zea Mays L.) kernel...
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Heat Stress During Gametogenesis Irreversibly Damages Female Reproductive Organ in Rice
Heat stress during gametogenesis leads to spikelet sterility. To ascertain the role of female reproductive organ (pistil), two rice genotypes N22 and...
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Evaluating Total Phenolic Content, Antioxidant Activity, High Molecular Weight Glutenin Subunits (HMW-GS), and Grain Yield Parameters of Cultivated Wheat and Hybrids
This study was conducted to assess the high molecular weight glutenin subunits (HMW-GS), yield, total phenolic content (TPC), and antioxidant...
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Generation and identification of a wheat–Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. 3P chromosome addition line and substitution line
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. (2n = 4x = 28, PPPP), which is a wild relative of common wheat and has a P genome, has many excellent...
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Identification of two new QTLs of maize (Zea mays L.) underlying kernel row number using the HNAU-NAM1 population
BackgroundMaize kernel row number (KRN) is one of the most important yield traits and has changed greatly during maize domestication and selection....
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Phenotypic variation and genome-wide association studies of main culm panicle node number, maximum node production rate, and degree-days to heading in rice
BackgroundGrain yield is a complex trait that results from interaction between underlying phenotypic traits and climatic, edaphic, and biotic...
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Rice Big Grain1 improves grain yield in ectopically expressing rice and heterologously expressing tobacco plants
Functional genomics through transgenesis has provided faster and more reliable methods for identifying, characterizing, and utilizing genes or...
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Transcriptome analysis of axillary buds in low phosphorus stress and functional analysis of TaWRKY74s in wheat
BackgroundWheat is one of the main grain crops in the world, and the tiller number is a key factor affecting the yield of wheat. Phosphorus is an...
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Physiological Characterization of Diverse Landraces of Rice to Identify Donors for High Temperature Stress Tolerance Based on First Spikelet Opening Time
Rice is susceptible to heat stress at flowering, where temperatures above 33 °C during anthesis causes spikelet sterility. Heat-induced spikelet...
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A 2-Mb Chromosome Inversion Interrupted Transcription of LAX2-4 and Generated Pleiotropic Phenotypes in Rice
The number of grains per panicle is one of the most important factors of rice yield and determinated by branch and spikelet number. Genetic and...
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GS6.1 controls kernel size and plant architecture in rice
Main conclusionA novel QTL GS6.1 increases yield per plant by controlling kernel size, plant architecture, and kernel filling in rice.
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Genetic modification of spikelet arrangement in wheat increases grain number without significantly affecting grain weight
Crop yield is determined by the acquisition and allocation of photoassimilates in sink organs. Therefore, genetic modification of sink size is...
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Analysis of co-expression and gene regulatory networks associated with sterile lemma development in rice
BackgroundThe sterile lemma is a unique organ of the rice ( Oryza sativa L.) spikelet. However, the characteristics and origin of the rice sterile...
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Light intensity–mediated auxin homeostasis in spikelets links carbohydrate metabolism enzymes with grain filling rate in rice
Low light (LL) stress during the grain-filling stage acutely impairs the quality and quantity of starch accumulation in rice grains. Here, we...
