Molecular and genetic pathways for optimizing spikelet development and grain yield

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review

Standard

Molecular and genetic pathways for optimizing spikelet development and grain yield. / Yuan, Zheng; Persson, Staffan; Zhang, Dabing.

In: aBIOTECH, Vol. 1, No. 4, 2020, p. 276-292.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review

Harvard

Yuan, Z, Persson, S & Zhang, D 2020, 'Molecular and genetic pathways for optimizing spikelet development and grain yield', aBIOTECH, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 276-292. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42994-020-00026-x

APA

Yuan, Z., Persson, S., & Zhang, D. (2020). Molecular and genetic pathways for optimizing spikelet development and grain yield. aBIOTECH, 1(4), 276-292. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42994-020-00026-x

Vancouver

Yuan Z, Persson S, Zhang D. Molecular and genetic pathways for optimizing spikelet development and grain yield. aBIOTECH. 2020;1(4):276-292. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42994-020-00026-x

Author

Yuan, Zheng ; Persson, Staffan ; Zhang, Dabing. / Molecular and genetic pathways for optimizing spikelet development and grain yield. In: aBIOTECH. 2020 ; Vol. 1, No. 4. pp. 276-292.

Bibtex

@article{67ab781aa9ca49108b94be8c21450d1b,
title = "Molecular and genetic pathways for optimizing spikelet development and grain yield",
abstract = "The spikelet is a unique structure of inflorescence in grasses that generates one to many flowers depending on its determinate or indeterminate meristem activity. The growth patterns and number of spikelets, furthermore, define inflorescence architecture and yield. Therefore, understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying spikelet development and evolution are attractive to both biologists and breeders. Based on the progress in rice and maize, along with increasing numbers of genetic mutants and genome sequences from other grass families, the regulatory networks underpinning spikelet development are becoming clearer. This is particularly evident for domesticated traits in agriculture. This review focuses on recent progress on spikelet initiation, and spikelet and floret fertility, by comparing results from Arabidopsis with that of rice, sorghum, maize, barley, wheat, Brachypodium distachyon, and Setaria viridis. This progress may benefit genetic engineering and molecular breeding to enhance grain yield.",
keywords = "Breeding, Fertility, Inflorescence, Spikelet, Yield improvement",
author = "Zheng Yuan and Staffan Persson and Dabing Zhang",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, Agricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1007/s42994-020-00026-x",
language = "English",
volume = "1",
pages = "276--292",
journal = "aBIOTECH",
issn = "2096-6326",
publisher = "Springer",
number = "4",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Molecular and genetic pathways for optimizing spikelet development and grain yield

AU - Yuan, Zheng

AU - Persson, Staffan

AU - Zhang, Dabing

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020, Agricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

PY - 2020

Y1 - 2020

N2 - The spikelet is a unique structure of inflorescence in grasses that generates one to many flowers depending on its determinate or indeterminate meristem activity. The growth patterns and number of spikelets, furthermore, define inflorescence architecture and yield. Therefore, understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying spikelet development and evolution are attractive to both biologists and breeders. Based on the progress in rice and maize, along with increasing numbers of genetic mutants and genome sequences from other grass families, the regulatory networks underpinning spikelet development are becoming clearer. This is particularly evident for domesticated traits in agriculture. This review focuses on recent progress on spikelet initiation, and spikelet and floret fertility, by comparing results from Arabidopsis with that of rice, sorghum, maize, barley, wheat, Brachypodium distachyon, and Setaria viridis. This progress may benefit genetic engineering and molecular breeding to enhance grain yield.

AB - The spikelet is a unique structure of inflorescence in grasses that generates one to many flowers depending on its determinate or indeterminate meristem activity. The growth patterns and number of spikelets, furthermore, define inflorescence architecture and yield. Therefore, understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying spikelet development and evolution are attractive to both biologists and breeders. Based on the progress in rice and maize, along with increasing numbers of genetic mutants and genome sequences from other grass families, the regulatory networks underpinning spikelet development are becoming clearer. This is particularly evident for domesticated traits in agriculture. This review focuses on recent progress on spikelet initiation, and spikelet and floret fertility, by comparing results from Arabidopsis with that of rice, sorghum, maize, barley, wheat, Brachypodium distachyon, and Setaria viridis. This progress may benefit genetic engineering and molecular breeding to enhance grain yield.

KW - Breeding

KW - Fertility

KW - Inflorescence

KW - Spikelet

KW - Yield improvement

U2 - 10.1007/s42994-020-00026-x

DO - 10.1007/s42994-020-00026-x

M3 - Review

AN - SCOPUS:85111070045

VL - 1

SP - 276

EP - 292

JO - aBIOTECH

JF - aBIOTECH

SN - 2096-6326

IS - 4

ER -

ID: 335744547