financially supported by the Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grants(DP210100956 and DP230102476).
The barley genome encodes a complete set of MADS-box proteins sharing homology with components of the ABCDE model,which explains the molecular basis of floral organ identity in angiosperm flowers.Although the E-class ...
supported by the Open Competition Program of Top Ten Critical Priorities of Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation for the 14th Five-Year Plan of Guangdong Province(2022SDZG05 to F.Kong,and B.Liu);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32090064 to F.Kong,32330074 to B.Liu,and 32301874 to L.Wang);the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2024A1515011314 to L.Wang);the Science and Technology Innovation Special Project of Modern Seed Industry(22326316D to F.Kong).
The transition from vegetative to reproductive growth is a vital step for the reproductive success of plants.In Arabidopsis thaliana,LEAFY(LFY)plays crucial roles in inflorescence primordium and floral organ developme...
supported by the China National Key Research and Development Program(Grant No.2019YFE0120500 to CZ);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32372695);the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program(CAASZDRW202101);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2021M693456);the Central government guidance for local scientific and technological development projects(23ZYQJ304);the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program(CAAS-ZDRW202404).
The embryo spot trait leads to a deep purple or reddish coloration at the base of the cotyledons of the embryo,visible on both sides of flat potato(Solanum tuberosum)seeds.This trait has long been used by potato resea...
Special Issue“AI in Crop Breeding”The aBIOTECH journal is pleased to announce that it will publish a Feature Issue on“AI in Crop Breeding”.In this issue,submission of articles addressing the following research are...
supported by the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Key Technology Tackling Programmed(Grant number:2021GG0300);by Hebei Science and Technology Major Project(22287501Z);by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant number:XDA28030202-3,XDA24020104).
Potato common scab(CS)is a worldwide disease,caused by Streptomyces spp.,and its presence reduces the market value of potatoes.A nontoxic and potentially effective approach in many control strategies is the use of ant...
funded by the Liaoning Applied Basic Research Program(2022JH2/101300284);Liaoning Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Fund(2022XTCX0503 and 2023QN2417).
RXLR effectors are pathogenic factors secreted from oomycetes to manipulate the immunity of the host.Typical RXLR effectors contain an RXLR-dEER motif at the N-terminus,whereas atypical RXLRs show variations on this m...
supported by the Grains Research and Development Corporation(WSU2303-001RTX)of Australia.
Viable pollen is crucial for fertilization,but pollen is generally highly susceptible to heat stress.A quick,reliable method for testing the heat-stress tolerance of pollen is needed to improve the heat-stress toleran...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32271912,32071477).
Plastid transformation offers valuable benefits in plant biotechnology,such as high-level transgene expression and the absence of gene silencing.Here we describe the first protocol of a plastid transformation system f...
supported by grants from the Biological Breeding-National Science and Technology Major Project(2022ZD04011,2023ZD04073);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32325035,32071864);Fundamental Research Funds for Central Non-profit Scientific Institution(1610392024008);Central Laboratory of Biotechnology Research Institute,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Hainan Seed Industry Laboratory(B23CJ0208);Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences(CNTC-YC2022530000241013,CNTC110201501015(JY-02));Hohhot Key R&D Project(2023-JBGS-S-1);Inner Mongolia Center of Pratacultural Technology Innovation(CCPTZX2023B01).
CRISPR/Cas is a simple,robust,versatile tool for plant biology studies and precision plant breeding.However,establishing a high-efficiency gene editing system for multiplex editing of the autotetraploid crop alfalfa(M...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32170573);Sichuan Science and Technology Program(2021YFYZ0019,2023ZYD0056).
Crop breeding requires a balance of tradeoffs among key agronomic traits caused by gene pleiotropy.The molecular manipulation of genes can effectively improve target traits,but this may not reduce gene pleiotropy,pote...