IGDB in Media
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Scientists Create Tools for Accurate Large DNA Insertions
25 Apr 2023GAO Caixia’s group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has developed a new genome editing technology that achieves efficient and precise targeted insertion of large DNA segments in pla...
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Researchers Find New Function of Oil Regulator GmZF351 in Soybean Stress Tolerance
24 Mar 2023A research team led by Prof Zhang Jinsong from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) reported the roles and mechanisms of a transcriptional regulator GmZF351 in salt and drought stress ...
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New Gene Discovery Points Way to Better Alkaline Tolerance in Crops
23 Mar 2023Chinese scientists have identified a key gene involved in crop alkaline tolerance that may greatly improve crop yield in sodic environments through the use of genetic engineering.
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Insights into Sorghum’s Alkaline Tolerance Could Help Improve Crop Yields in Salty Soils
23 Mar 2023Zhang et al. found that gene knockout of AT1 in sorghum as well as its homologs in millet, rice, and maize increased the plant’s alkaline tolerance.
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New Gene Discovery Points Way to Better Alkaline Tolerance in Crops
23 Mar 2023Chinese scientists have identified a key gene involved in crop alkaline tolerance that may greatly improve crop yield in sodic environments through the use of genetic engineering.
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Demographic Modeling Plays Back Tape of Wheat Evolution
20 Mar 2023In a new study published in Nature Plants, researchers led by LU Fei from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have uncovered the evolutionary history of wheat during the Holocene.