supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No.2005CB120904 and 2006AA10A105);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.30890133 and 30521001);the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No.KSCX2-YW-N-001)
TaPHT1.2 is a functional, root predominantly expressed and low phosphate (Pi) inducible high-affinity Pi transporter in wheat, which is more abundant in the roots of P-efficient wheat genotypes (e.g., Xiaoyan 54) ...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30521001);the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2005CB120904).
Phosphate (Pi) deficiency causes dramatic root system architecture (RSA) changes in higher plants. Here we report that overexpression of HRS1 leads to enhanced sensitivity to low Pi-elicited inhibition of primary ...
supported by grants from Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. KSCX2-SW-304);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30521001)
Abiotic stresses cause serious crop losses. Knowledge on genes functioning in plant responses to adverse growth conditions is essential for developing stress tolerant crops. Here we report that transgenic expression o...
Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. KSCXZ-YW-N-059 and KSCX1-YW-03);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30330390 and 30521001);the State Key Basic Research and Development Plan of China (No.2005CB 120904
Wheat is a staple food crop in the world as well as in China. Because of the progress of wheat breeding and other agricultural "sci-technologies, the wheat grain yield per unit area has increased more than five folds...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30390080and 30521001);the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2005CB120900 and 2004CB117200)
Rice has a preference for uptake of ammonium over nitrate and can use ammonium-N efficiently. Consequently, transporters mediating ammonium uptake have been extensively studied, but nitrate transporters have been larg...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30390083 and 30521001);the State Key Basic Research and Development Plan of China(2005CB120904 and 2004CB117200)
Nitrate is a major nitrogen (N) source for most crops. Nitrate uptake by root cells is a key step of nitrogen metabolism and has been widely studied at the physiological and molecular levels. Understanding how nitra...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30521001) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KSCX2-SW-304).Acknowledgments The authors are grateful to Drs Lu Liang and Yiping Tong for helpful discussion on this work and the writing of the manuscript.
Sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase (SPL) is involved in degrading the conserved sphingolipid signaling molecule sphingosine-1-phosphate. However, molecular studies on plant SPL have not been reported to date. Here, we pr...