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  IGDB Scientists Reveal the Crosstalk between Strigolactone and Cytokinin in Rice

  Researchers from Prof. LI Jiayang's group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences firstly revealed the crosstalk between strigolactones (SLs) and cytokinin in rice.

  08 Jul 2019

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  MED25 Promotes Enhancer-Promoter Looping during Jasmonate Signaling

  A team led by Prof. LI Chuanyou at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered the regulatory control of gene transcription in Jasmonate signaling by enhancers.

  24 Jun 2019

• IGDB Researchers Report Zinc Fortification of Rice Grain By Metabolic Control of Cytokinin

  In a recent study published in New Phytologist, researchers in Professor CHU Chengcai’s group from Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences demonstrates that cytokinin phytohormones could provide a key for breeding Zn-enriched rice.

  17 Jun 2019

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  DNA Methylation Repels Targeting of Arabidopsis Histone Demethylase REF6

  A team led by Prof. CAO Xiaofeng at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with Prof. MA Jinbiao’s team from Fudan University, revealed H3K27me3 demethylase REF6 preferentially binds to hypo-methylated CTCTGYTY-motifs via its zinc-finger domains, suggesting that DNA methylation might...

  13 May 2019

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  Plants and the Art of Microbial Maintenance

  A joint study from the John Innes Centre and the Chinese Academy of Sciences reveals that plants use their root-derived chemicals to muster and maintain communities of microbes.

  10 May 2019

• IGDB Scientists Reveal the Relationship Between Root Microbiome and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Rice

  Recently, a collaborated team led by Prof. BAI Yang and Prof. CHU Chengcai in the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), examined the variation in the root microbiota within different rice varieties grown in field conditions, and uncovered that nitrogen transformation is more active in the root enviro...

  29 Apr 2019

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  CRISPRed Wheat Helps Farmers Control Weeds

  Recently, a research team led by Prof. GAO Caixia and LI Jiayang at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGDB, CAS) and Associate Prof. JIANG Linjian at China Agricultural University (CAU), generated several herbicide tolerant wheat germplasms using base editing to facilitate weed control in wheat field.

  12 Apr 2019

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  Scientists Discover Resistosome, Illuminating Plant Disease Resistance Mechanisms

  In a recent study a team led by scientists at Tsinghua University (TU) and Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGDB CAS) solved the first structures of a full-length plant nucleotide-binding leucine-rich receptor (NLR) protein and uncovered previously unknown mechanisms of this important class of immun...

  04 Apr 2019