Sorghum,a drought-resistant cereal crop crucial for global food security,typically produces single seeds per spikelet.A team of researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology(IGDB)of the Chinese ...
The diversity of crop phenotypes is shaped by numerous genomic variants.For staple cereals like rice,lots of functional variants,including quantitative trait locus(QTLs),have been identified and used to improve variou...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32472324);Innovation Fund of Haihe Laboratory of Synthetic Biology(22HHSWSS00013);Key Research and Development Projects of Shanxi Province(202202140601018);Shanxi Provincial Department of Science and Technology(202204010931002)。
Shanxi aged vinegar(SAV)is a famous cereal vinegar in China,which is produced through a solid-state fermentation where diverse microbes spontaneously and complex interactions occur.Here,combined with the metatranscrip...
Land use dynamics is a prerequisite for identifying natural resource management constraints,the evolution of agrarian practices and population growth.The objective of this research is to improve knowledge of the dynam...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFF1000304);Nanfan special project,CAAS,grant no.YYLH2403.
Dear Editor,Micronutrient malnutrition,also referred to as hidden hunger,is a major threat to global health.Folates,a group of water-soluble B vitamins(B9),are essential organic molecules for almost all organisms by m...
supported by the Key R&D Program of Shandong Province(ZR202211070163,2023LZGC022);the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Shandong(ZR2021MC056,ZR2021ZD30);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFD1201300);the Young Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong Province。
Dear Editor,Bread wheat(Triticum aestivum L.)is a globally important cereal providing~20% of the calories and proteins for>4.5billion people.Plant architecture,including morphologies of leaves,spikes,stems,and roots,h...
supported by the Open Competition Program of the Top Ten Critical Priorities of Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation for the 14th Five-Year Plan of Guangdong Province(No.2022SDZG05)to Letian Chen;the Major Program of Guangdong Basic and Applied Research(2019B030302006);Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture Project(NT2021002)to Yaoguang Liu;the Foundation of Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory(B23YQ1515,B23CQ15FP)to Rongxin Shen;the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32270698);the Elite Rice Plan of GDRRI(2022YG01)to Qi Liu.
Leaf shape is a key trait for plant architecture relating to photosynthesis and transpiration in plants(Lawson et al.,2020).Erect leaves with proper leaf length and width,particularly the upper three leaves in cereal ...
supported by the Graduate Education Innovation and Quality Improvement Project of Henan University(No.SYLYC2023185).
Sourdough is often considered a healthy choice and quality improver for use in cereal production due to its unique microbial composition and fermentation properties.During sourdough fermentation of cereals,biotransfor...
financial assistance provided by the High-End Foreign Expert Recruitment Program(G2022051003L);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32201878);Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Lab(B21HJ0215);Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program of CAAS(CAASZDRW202002,CAAS-ZDRW202201);Hebei Natural Science Foundation(C2021205013);Long Mao is also a“Yellow River Delta Scholar”in Sino-Agro Experimental Station for Salt Tolerant Crops(SAESSTC),Dongying,Shandong,China.
Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated plant transformation is a versatile tool for plant genetic engineering following its discovery nearly half a century ago.Numerous modifications were made in its application to increa...