MicroRNA-resistant alleles of HOMEOBOX DOMAIN-2 modify inflorescence branching and increase grain protein content of wheat

LE Dixon, M Pasquariello, R Badgami, KA Levin… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Plant and inflorescence architecture determine the yield potential of crops. Breeders have
harnessed natural diversity for inflorescence architecture to improve yields, and induced …

Photoperiod-1 regulates the wheat inflorescence transcriptome to influence spikelet architecture and flowering time

A Gauley, M Pasquariello, GV Yoshikawa… - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Photoperiod insensitivity has been selected by breeders to help adapt crops to diverse
environments and farming practices. In wheat, insensitive alleles of Photoperiod-1 (Ppd-1) …

Low-affinity SPL binding sites contribute to subgenome expression divergence in allohexaploid wheat

H Pei, W Teng, L Gao, H Gao, X Ren, Y Liu… - Science China Life …, 2023 - Springer
Expression divergence caused by genetic variation and crosstalks among subgenomes of
the allohexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum. L., BBAADD) is hypothesized to increase …

Ectopic expression of VRT-A2 underlies the origin of Triticum polonicum and Triticum petropavlovskyi with long outer glumes and grains

J Liu, Z Chen, Z Wang, Z Zhang, X **e, Z Wang, L Chai… - Molecular Plant, 2021 - cell.com
Polish wheat (Triticum polonicum) is a unique tetraploid wheat species characterized by an
elongated outer glume. The genetic control of the long-glume trait by a single semi-dominant …

FIGL1 prevents aberrant chromosome associations and fragmentation and limits crossovers in polyploid wheat meiosis

K Osman, SD Desjardins, J Simmonds… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Meiotic crossovers (COs) generate genetic diversity and are crucial for viable gamete
production. Plant COs are typically limited to 1–3 per chromosome pair, constraining the …

Dissecting the molecular basis of spike traits by integrating gene regulatory networks and genetic variation in wheat

G Ai, C He, S Bi, Z Zhou, A Liu, X Hu, Y Liu, L **… - Plant …, 2024 - cell.com
Spike architecture influences both grain weight and grain number per spike, which are the
two major components of grain yield in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). However, the …