the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(TR175 to T.K.[C01]and D.L.[C05]and EXC 2089 e-conversion to D.L.);the European Research Council(Synergy grant 854126-PhotoRedesign to D.L.),and LMU Munich(Biofabrication)for their support.
COG1 CANENHANCE PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND PLANT GROWTH Recently,Wei et al.(2023)report that overexpression or a gain-offunction mutation of COGWHEEL1(COG1)gene,which encodes a transcription factor belonging to the DNA bindin...
supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32270341,31700245,and 32030005);the Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Gansu Province(20JR5RA306);the Postdoctoral Research Foundation of China(2018T111116 and 2016M602889);the Programme of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities(B16022);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(lzujbky-2020-32 and lzujbky-2022-kb03).
Photosynthetic efficiency is the primary determinant of crop yield,including vegetative biomass and grain yield.Manipulation of key transcription factors known to directly control photosynthetic machinery can be an ef...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32060174 and 32160079);the Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province(2020GXNSFAA297236 and 2020GXNSFAA297211);Fellowship of the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2021M693175);the State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources(SKLCUSAa202007);the Innovation Project of Guangxi Graduate Education(YCBZ2023037).
Plant architecture and panicle architecture are two critical agronomic traits that greatly affect the yield of rice(Oryza sativa).PROSTRATE GROWTH 1(PROG1)encodes a key C2H2-type zinc-finger transcription factor and h...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFF1003500 to X.Wan,2022YFF1002400 and 2021YFF1000302 to S.W.,and 2022YFF1100501 to X.Wei);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31771875 to X.Wan,31900610 to Q.H.31971958 to X.A.,and 31871702 to S.W.);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China(06500136 to X.Wan);the Beijing Nova Program(Z201100006820114 to Q.H.).
Because of its significance for plant male fertility and,hence,direct impact on crop yield,pollen exine development has inspired decades of scientific inquiry.However,the molecularmechanismunderlying exine formation a...
Chinese Academy of Sci-ences(XDB27010201 to Y.W.);National Natural Science Foundation of China(31830063 and 31925030 to Y.W.,32072008 to W.W.);Talent Initiation Program from Sichuan Agricultural University to T.Y.
Seeds are a major source of nutrients for humans and animal livestock worldwide.With improved living standards,high nutritional quality has become one of the main targets for breeding.Storage protein content in seeds,...
National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China(grant no.31725005);National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant no.31970194);National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFA0503800).
Increases in recorded high temperatures around the world are causing plant thermomorphogenesis and decreasing crop productivity.PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 4(PIF4)is a central positive regulator of plant thermomorp...
supported by the Hainan Province Major Research Project(modern agricuture,ZDYF2020066);the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 01821005);the Hainan Major Science and Technolgy Project(No,ZDKJ202002).the Hainan Academician Innovaton Platform(HD-YSZX-202003);and the Hainan University Startup Fund(KYQD(ZR)1866).
As one of the most important crops in the world,rice(Oryza sativa)is a model plant for metabolome research.Although many studies have focused on the analysis of specific tissues,the changes in metab-olite abundance ac...
supported by the European Rogional Dovelop-ment Fund Project Center for Experimental Plant Biology(no.CZ.02.1.01/0.00.0/16.0190000738)and the Czech Sc ence Foundation(no.18-10349S).
The gibberellins(GAs)are phytohormones that play fundamental roles in almost every aspect of plant growth and development.Although GA biosynthetic and signaling pathways are well understood,the mechanisms that control...
the Ministry of Science and Innovation,Spain(grant numbers BIO2017-89530-R and BIO2020-118750RB-100).
Phosphorus(P)is an essential nutrient for plant growth and reproduction.Plants preferentially absorb P as orthophosphate(Pi),an ion that displays low solubility and that is readily fixed in the soil,making P limita-ti...
This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China(grant no.2016YFD0100704);the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(Q19C020001);the Ministry of Education and Bureau of Foreign Experts of China(grant no.B14027);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
Iron(Fe)storage in plant seeds is not only necessary for seedling establishment following germination but is also a major source of dietary Fe for humans and other animals.Accumulation of Fe in seeds is known to be lo...