supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Young Scientist Fund,YSF)(32100288);Natural Science Foundation for Youths of Jiangsu Province(BK20200558);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(ZJ22195005).
Tapetum,the innermost layer of the anther wall,provides essential nutrients and materials for pollen development.Timely degradation of anther tapetal cells is a prerequisite for normal pollen development in flowering ...
supported by grants from National Science Foundation of China(31970520,31870296).
Successful pollen formation is essential for plant reproduction.During anther development,microspore mother cells undergo meiosis to form tetrads.After being released from the tetrad,microspores develop into mature po...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31801338);the Major Program of Guangdong Basic and Applied Research (2019B030302006)。
Timely programmed cell death(PCD) of the tapetum supplying nutrients to microspores is a prerequisite for normal pollen development.Here we identified a unique mutant of rice(Oryza sativa L.),pollen sterility(post),wh...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31771750,31730063);National Key Research and Development Project(2017YFD0100201,2017YFD0100202);Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing,China(cstc2018jcyjAX0424).
The mitogen-activated protein kinase(MAPK)cascade is important in stress signal transduction and plant development.In the present study,we identified a rice(Oryza sativa L.)mutant with reduced fertility,Oryza sativa m...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2020YFA0710100);the National Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11874311 and 92050102);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 20720200074)
It is well known that cats have fascinating eyes with various colors,such as green,blue,and brown.In addition,they possess strong night vision ability,which can distinguish things clearly even in a poor light environm...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFD0101900, 2016YFD0100401)。
Soybean [Glycine max(L.) Merr.] provides a rich source of plant protein and oil worldwide. The commercial use of transgenic technology in soybean has become a classical example of the application of biotechnology to c...
supported the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U19A2031);the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFD0100903)。
In plants, non-green plastids in heterotrophic tissues are sites for starch and fatty acids biosynthesis,which are essential for plant development and reproduction. Distinct from chloroplasts, the metabolites for thes...
This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFD0100704);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31701939);the Earmarked Fund for Modern Agroindustry Technology Research System of China(CARS-25).
Although male sterility has been identified as a useful trait for hybrid vigor utilization and hybrid seed production,its underlying molecular mechanisms in Cucurbitaceae species are still largely unclear.Here,a spont...
supported by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions;the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.KYTZ201602);the High Level Talent Project of the Top Six Talents in Jiangsu(Grant No.NY-077);the earmarked fund for germplasm resources of Nanjing Agricultural University(Grant No.KYZZ201920)。
Lily was grown worldwide as a fresh cutting flower because of its colorful petals, but its anther contained a large number of pollen grains that cause serious pollen contamination, however, pollen abortion can effecti...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China Key Project (31630094);National Natural Science Foundation of China Project (31400171);Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST (YESS) (2015QNRC001)
Programmed cell death(PCD)is an essential process for development,and shows conserved cytological features in both plants and animals.Caspases are well-known critical components of the PCD machinery in animals.However...