Research News
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Protein Pm41 in Wild Emmer Wheat Confers Powdery Mildew Resistance
Recently, a joint research between the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, identified a CNL protein in wild emmer wheat that confers resistance to wheat powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici).
28 Jun 2020
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Rare Single Nucleotide Variant in Pm5e Confers Wheat Powdery Mildew Resistance
Recently, a joint teams identified a rare gain of function mutation in a NLR that confers resistance to wheat powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f. sp. Tritici, Bgt), one of the most widely epidemic diseases in wheat (Triticum aestivum).
28 Jun 2020
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Chinese Scientists Construct High-quality Graph-based Soybean Genome
A joint research constructed a high-quality graph-based soybean genome through de novo genome assemblies of 26 representative wild and cultivated soybean accessions, which provides a comprehensive resource and will greatly benefit the soybean breeding and research community.
18 Jun 2020
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Chinese Scientists Discover Dual-functional Repressor Proteins in Strigolactone Signalling
Prof. LI Jiayang from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and collaborators found the synthesized strigolactone analogs GR244DO specifically stimulates strigolactone signaling in a D14-dependent manner.
12 Jun 2020
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IGDB Scientists Revealed ESCRT Component Mediated Novel Mechanism of Plant Salt Tolerance through SOS Pathway
A research team led by Prof. XIE Qi from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, revealed how an ESCRT-I component VPS23A confers plant salt tolerance through strengthening the function of SOS module, and the possible strategy to apply SOS module in improving plant salt tolerance.
05 Jun 2020
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GmSWEET10a and GmSWEET10b Coordinately Regulate Yield and Quality
A joint research revealed the critical role of GmSWEET10a and GmSWEET10b in controlling the seed size, oil content and protein content during the domestication and improvement of soybean.
04 Jun 2020
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Grain Virus Protein Discovery Reveals New Class of Cell Division Disruptors
Researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered a plant viral protein (namely 17K) that disrupts host cell division to promote its own propagation in the infected tissues.
11 May 2020
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Strigolactone and Karrikin Signaling Controls Hypocotyl Growth in Arabidopsis
The research group led by Prof. LI Jiayang from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences, found that synthetic Strigolactones and Karrikins analogs can both regulate hypocotyl elongation and expression of the same downstream genes.
08 May 2020