Thisworkwas funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grants 31960433 and 31860562);Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province(grant 20171ACB20001).
Dear Editor,Reduction in plant height has been associated with yield increases and yield stability in a number of important crop species,such as wheat and rice[1].In these plants,dwarfing is mainly attributed to the i...
National Key Research and Development Project(2019YFD1000100);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2022 M712612)supported this work.
The dwarfing rootstocks-mediated high-density apple orchard is becoming the main practice management.Currently,dwarfing rootstocks are widely used worldwide,but their shallow root system and drought sensitivity necess...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31972416,U1906205,U21A20230);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFE0100900,2018YFD1000800);the earmarked fund for CARS(CARS-23-A13);the Foundation for Young Talents of Henan Agricultural University(30500728);the Key Scientific Research Project of the Higher Education Institutions of Henan Province(23A210008).
Plant height is an important target trait for crop genetic improvement.Our previous work has identified a salt-tolerant C2H2 zinc finger,SlZF3,and its overexpression lines also showed a semi-dwarf phenotype,but themol...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31970200,31970312,31901993,31670278,51807046);the Earmarked Fund for the China Agriculture Research System(CARS-10-B1);National Key R&D Program of China(2019YFD1000103,2019YFD1001303,2019YFD1001300);the Natural Science Foundations of Anhui Province(1908085MC72);the Key Research and Development Program of Anhui Province(201904a06020031);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(JZ2020YYPY0249);National Undergraduate Training Programs for Innovation of China(No.202010359054).
Hydrogen sulfide(H_(2)S)is a gaseous signaling molecule that plays multiple roles in plant development.However,whether endogenous H_(2)S plays a role in fruit ripening in tomato is still unknown.In this study,we show ...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31872133);the Project for Scientific and Technological Activities of Overseas Students of Henan Province,the Zhongyuan Youth Talent Support Program(ZYQR201912161);the Program for Science&Technology Innovation Talents in Universities of Henan Province(20HASTIT035).
Plant height is one of the most important agronomic traits that directly determines plant architecture,and compact or dwarf plants can allow for increased planting density and land utilization as well as increased lod...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant no.31601738).
Adventitious root(AR)formation is critical for the efficient propagation of elite horticultural and forestry crops.Despite decades of research,the cellular processes and molecular mechanisms underlying AR induction in...
supported by the Science and Technology Special Project in North Jiangsu Research Funds(SZ-LYG2017004);the National Public Welfare Industry(Agriculture)Project Special Scientific Research Funds(201203047).
Growth monitoring indicated that the height of‘Kanshu’plants with‘Nantong-xiaofangshi’as an interstock was significantly shorter than that of‘Kanshu’plants with no interstock.A transcriptome analysis of the two ...
supported by funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31701939);the National Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province,China(No.2019JQ-324);the Key Project of Shaanxi Province(2017ZDXM-NY-025);the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFD0100704);the Modern Agro-Industry Technology Research System of China(No.CARS-26-18).
The dwarf architecture is an important and valuable agronomic trait in watermelon breeding and has the potential to increase fruit yield and reduce labor cost in crop cultivation.However,the molecular basis for dwarfi...
supported by AgBioResearch of Michigan State University(http://www.canr.msu.edu/research/agbioresearch/)and USDA-NIFA AFRI 1015241 to P.P.E.and G.S.
The molecular mechanism underlying dormancy release and the induction of flowering remains poorly understood in woody plants.Mu-legacy is a valuable blueberry mutant,in which a transgene insertion caused increased exp...
This work was funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Business,Innovation and Employment,contract C11X1310;internal funding by The New Zealand Institute for Plant&Food Research Limited.
Apple dwarfing rootstocks cause earlier shoot termination and reduced root and shoot mass.To identify physiological factors responsible for rootstock-induced growth restriction,we compared vascular-enriched gene expre...