Mol. Genet. Genomics 2020 Feb 01
Genome-wide association study of soybean seed germination under drought stress.
Liu Z, Li H, Gou Z, Zhang Y, Wang X, Ren H, Wen Z, Kang BK, Li Y, Yu L, Gao H, Wang D, Qi X, Qiu L
Drought stress, which is increasing with climate change, is a serious threat to agricultural sustainability worldwide. Seed germination is an essentia ...
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Theor. Appl. Genet. 2020 Feb 01
Introgression and pyramiding of genetic loci from wild Brassica oleracea into B. napus for improving Sclerotinia resistance of rapeseed.
Mei J, Shao C, Yang R, Feng Y, Gao Y, Ding Y, Li J, Qian W
Resistant rapeseed lines pyramided with multiple resistant QTLs derived from Brassica oleracea were developed via a hexaploidy strategy. Rapeseed (Bra ...
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Rice (N Y)
MINI SEED 2 (MIS2) Encodes a Receptor-like Kinase that Controls Grain Size and Shape in Rice.
Chun Y, Fang J, Zafar SA, Shang J, Zhao J, Yuan S, Li X
Grain size is a key agronomic trait that is directly associated with grain yield in rice. Although several genes related to grain size in rice have be ...
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J. Exp. Bot. 2020 Feb 01
Non-conventional pathways enable pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) embryos to achieve high efficiency of oil biosynthesis.
Tsogtbaatar E, Cocuron JC, Alonso AP
Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) accumulates oil up to 35% of the total seed biomass, and its overall fatty acid composition is suitable for aviation f ...
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Plant Sci.
Auxin and ethylene regulation of fruit set.
An J, Althiab Almasaud R, Bouzayen M, Zouine M, Chervin C
With the forecasted fast increase in world population and global climate change, providing sufficient amounts of quality food becomes a major challeng ...
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