the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32321005);the Science and Technology Major Program of Hubei Province(2021ABA011);A.R.F.acknowledges the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme,project PlantaSYST(SGA-CSA no.739582 under FPA no.664620);the BG05M2OP001-1.003-001-C01 project,financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the BulgarianEuropean Regional Development Fund through the Bulgarian“Science and Education for Smart Growth"Operational Programme。
Doubled haploid(DH)technology and synthetic apomixis approaches can considerably shorten breeding cycles and enhance breeding efficiency.Compared with traditional breeding methods,DH technology offers the advantage of...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32388201);the National Key Research and Development Program(2022YFF1002802);the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China,the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Precision Seed Design and Breeding,XDA24020102) and the New Cornerstone Science Foundation through the New Cornerstone Investigator Program.
Hybrid breeding plays an important role in increasing crop yields by taking advantage of hybrid vigor,which helps crops grow with superior yields across various climates and contributes to ensuring secure food product...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32188102);the Anhui Provincial and Ministerial Collaborative Innovation Center for Food Crops(APMCIC-FC);the Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production(JCIC-MCP)。
Dear Editor,Utilization of heterosis is fundamental to modern agricultural improvement and contributes significantly to food security and agricultural development(Ouyang et al.,2022).However,heterosis of F,hybrids can...
supported by the National Science Foundation of China(32001551 and 31771808);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2020M680779);the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program of the CAAS(S2022ZD03);Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory(B21HJ0215).
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats(CRISPR)-Cas systems can be engineered as programmable transcription factors to either activate(CRISPRa)or inhibit transcription.Apomixis is extremely valuable ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U20A2030,32025028,and 32188102);the Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund(Y2022QC20);the Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory(#B21HJ0215);the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CAAS-ZDRW202001).
In hybrid plants,heterosis often produces large,vigorous plants with high yields;however,hybrid seeds are generated by costly and laborious crosses of inbred parents.Apomixis,in which a plant produces a clone of itsel...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32188102,32025028,and U20A2030);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFF1003304);the Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund(Y2022QC20);the Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory(B21HJ0215).
Heterosis has long been exploited in the hybrid seed industry,which contributes to high and stable yields of modern agriculture(Huang et al.,2016).However,heterosis phenotypes of hybrid plants are segregated in its of...
the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFD1000106);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31630065);the Modern Citrus Industry Technology System of China(CARS26);the Special Project for External Science and Technology Cooperation of Science and Technology Department of Yunnan Province(202003AD150014).
Apomixis,or asexual seed formation,is prevalent in Citrinae via a mechanism termed nucellar or adventitious embryony.Here,multiple embryos of a maternal genotype form directly from nucellar cells in the ovule and can ...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31901997,31772263,31872081);the General Project of the Scientific Research Program of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Education(KM202010020013);the Opening Project of Beijing Key Laboratory of New Technique in Agricultural Application(NYYYXJS201704);the National Key Project of Research and Development Plan(2016YFD0201116);the Construction of Beijing Science and Technology Innovation and Service Capacity in Top Subjects(CEFFPXM2019_014207_000032).
Apomixis has high value in fruit crop propagation and breeding applications,particularly for the transgenerational fixation of heterosis.In this study,we found that flowers of the triploid Malus cultivar'Royalty'that ...
Nati onal Key Resea rch and Development Program project funding(2018YFD1000605)。
Apomixis is a reproductive model that bypasses sexual reproduction,so it does not require the combination of paternal and maternal gametes but instead results in the production of offspring directly from maternal tiss...
This article is dedicated to Dr.Ihsan A.Al-Shehbaz(Missouri Botanic Garden)on the occasion of his 80th birthday.This work was supported by Czech Ministry of Education,Youth and Sports within the program INTER-EXCELLENCE(project No.LTAUSA17002),by the CEITEC 2020 project(grant No.LQ1601 to MAL),the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station project awards,Utah State University,Logan to JC,and the U.S.National Science Foundation(award DEB-0816560 to MDW).
Apomixis in crucifer(Brassicaceae)species is rare,reported in just four genera(Boechera,Draba,Erysimum,and Parry a),and one intergeneric hybrid(Raphanobrassica).It is well studied only in Boechera,where it is widespre...