Overcoming the trade-off between grain weight and number in wheat by the ectopic expression of expansin in developing seeds leads to increased yield potential

Calderini, Daniel F.; Castillo, Francisca M.; Arenas-M, Anita; Molero, Gemma; Reynolds, Matthew P.; Craze, Melanie; Bowden, Sarah; Milner, Matthew J.; Wallington, Emma J.; Dowle, Adam; Gomez, Leonardo D.; McQueen-Mason, Simon J.

Abstract

Wheat is the most widely grown crop globally, providing 20% of all human calories and protein. Achieving step changes in genetic yield potential is crucial to ensure food security, but efforts are thwarted by an apparent trade-off between grain size and number. Expansins are proteins that play important roles in plant growth by enhancing stress relaxation in the cell wall, which constrains cell expansion.

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Título según WOS: Overcoming the trade-off between grain weight and number in wheat by the ectopic expression of expansin in developing seeds leads to increased yield potential
Título de la Revista: NEW PHYTOLOGIST
Volumen: 230
Número: 2
Editorial: Wiley
Fecha de publicación: 2021
Página de inicio: 629
Página final: 640
DOI:

10.1111/NPH.17048

Notas: ISI