National Natural Science Foundation of China(32188102,32372177,32025028,and 2023YFD1200800);Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund(Y2022QC20).
Dear Editor,Doubled haploid(DH)technology is the fastest and most efficient method for producing completely homozygous lines,commonly used in maize breeding(Ren et al.,2017).The discovery of Stock 6,the first maize ha...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(no.32270685);National Natural Science Fund for Excellent Young Scientists Fund Program(Overseas);"Young Scientist Fostering Funds for the National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation&Utilization of Horticultural Crops."
Dear Editor,The advancement of long-read sequencing technologies has significantly enhanced pan-genome studies,enabling numerous chromosome-level de novo assemblies for a single species(Jiao and Schneeberger,2017;Mark...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(32272083).
Dear Editor,Wheat(Triticum aestivum L.)is the most widely cultivated staple food crop globally.Wheat leaf rust,caused by Puccinia triticina,represents one of the most prevalent and devastating diseases affecting wheat...
Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Agri-Seeds(grant no.ZXWH2150201/001);Natural Science Foundation of China(grant no.32370314)to J.F.
Dear Editor,The rapid generation of reactive oxygen species(ROS),or ROS burst,is a key feature of pathogen-associated molecular patterns(PAMPs)-triggered immunity,which is mediated by plasma membrane resident respirat...
The information described in this article is covered by two Syngenta patent publications:WO20211108336 and WO2021108337.
Efficient genotype-independent transformation and genome editing are highly desirable for plant biotechnology research and product development efforts.We have developed a novel approach to enable fast,high-throughput,...
International Rice Research Institute-Hybrid Rice Development Consortium and the AGGRi Alliance project“Accelerated Genetic Gains in Rice Alliance”by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through grant no.OPP1194925-INV 008226.
The future of agriculture is uncertain under the current climate change scenario. Climate change directly and indirectly affects the biotic and abiotic elements that control agroecosystems, jeopardizing the safety of ...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(no.32072403 and no.31871945).
To combat pathogen attacks, plants have developed a highly advanced immune system, which requires tight regulation to initiate robust defense responses while simultaneously preventing autoimmunity. The ubiquitin-prote...
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft to C.S.-L.,D.L.,and T.K.(TRR175,projects A02,C01,and C05);Research in the Hua laboratory was supported by a US NSF CAREER award(MCB-1750361).
Plastid biogenesis and the coordination of plastid and nuclear genome expression through anterograde and retrograde signaling are essential for plant development.GENOMES UNCOUPLED1(GUN1)plays a central role in retrogr...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(no.31871947);Zhejiang Science and Technology Major Program on Agricultural New Variety Breeding(no.2021C02064);Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(no.324CXTD430);Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(no.LZ18C140002).
Biological Breeding-National Science and Technology Major Project of China(2023ZD0406801);Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CAAS-CSCB-202402);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32270373,32270653);Agricultural Variety Improvement Project of Shandong Province,China(2021LZGC020).
As an important yield component,rice tiller number controls panicle number and determines grain yield.Regulation of rice tiller number by chloroplast pentatricopeptide repeat(PPR)proteins has not been reported previou...