Research News
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A PP2C Allele Underlying a QTL Enhances Seed Weight in Soybean
A joint research led by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Heilongjing Academy of Agricultural Sciences identified a soybean line R245 with higher 100-seed weight.
07 Apr 2017
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A Naturally Occurring Tandem Array Leads to Superior Grain Yield of Rice
LI Jiayang’s Lab at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), collaborated with Prof. HE Zuhua and his colleagues at Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), CAS, has successfully isolated the major IPA locus from super rice Yongyou variety series, named as qWS8/ipa1-2D, to designe se...
30 Mar 2017
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IPI1 Protein Mediates Post-Translational Modification of IPA1 to Regulate Plant Architecture in Rice
A research team led by Prof. LI Jiayang in the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified a RING-finger E3 ligase, IPI1, which could interact with Ideal Plant Architecture 1 (IPA1) in the nucleus and ubiquitinate IPA1 to regulate Plant Architecture in Rice.
30 Mar 2017
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Chinese Researchers Revealed a New Antiviral Defense Mechanism in Rice
Researchers from CAO Xiaofeng’s group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of Chinese Academy of Sciences and LI Yi’s group at Peking University illustrated the underlying mechanism of miR528 and AGO18 regulatory cascade in antiviral defense.
28 Mar 2017
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IGDB Scientists Found the Mechanism of Xylan Deacetylation and Its Function in Rice
The group of Prof. ZHOU Yihua and the group of Prof. CHU Chengcai from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently reported that a GDSL protein functions as xylan deacetylase, which regulates the acetyl-ester profile on xylan and affects secondary wall patterning and agronomic traits in rice.
08 Mar 2017
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IGDB Scientists Develop a Precise Base Editing Approach for Major Cereal Crops
A research team led by Prof. GAO Caixia in the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of Chinese Academy of Sciences reported the optimization of an efficient and precise base editing approach (designated nCas9-PBE) for creating single nucleotide mutations in three major cereal crops including wheat, rice and maize.
01 Mar 2017
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GmZF351 Enhances Seed Oil Accumulation in Soybean
Researchers at ZHANG Jinsong’s group and CHEN Shouyi’s group from Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, demonstrate that seed-preferred gene GmZF351 enhances seed oil accumulation in soybean and is selected during domestication.
20 Feb 2017
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How Can DA1 Control Seed and Organ Size in Plant?
A recent study by Dr. LI Yunhai’s group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with Dr. Michael W. Bevan’s group at John Innes Centre, Dr. Dirk Inze’s group at Ghent University and Dr. Nico Dissmeyer’s group at Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry revealed a novel mechan...
20 Feb 2017