Engineering brassinosteroids pathway: a key strategy for enhancing crop yields

Chen Wang; Jianping Chen; Zongtao Sun

doi:10.1007/s00299-024-03270-3

Engineering brassinosteroids pathway: a key strategy for enhancing crop yields

Plant Cell Rep. 2024 Jun 26;43(7):182. doi: 10.1007/s00299-024-03270-3.

Authors

Chen Wang¹, Jianping Chen¹, Zongtao Sun²

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of MOA of China and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China.
² State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of MOA of China and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China. [email protected].

PMID: 38922346
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-024-03270-3

Abstract

Two significant studies have unveiled the pivotal role of BR regulation in shaping distinct features: the clustered-spikelet architecture in rice and the superior semi-dwarf stature in wheat.

Keywords: Brassinosteroids; Clustered-spikelet rice; Crop yields; Green revolution.

MeSH terms

Brassinosteroids* / metabolism
Crops, Agricultural* / genetics
Crops, Agricultural* / growth & development
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
Oryza* / genetics
Oryza* / growth & development
Oryza* / metabolism
Plant Growth Regulators / metabolism
Triticum* / genetics
Triticum* / growth & development
Triticum* / metabolism

Substances

Brassinosteroids
Plant Growth Regulators

Grants and funding

2023Z124/Ningbo Major Research and Development Plan Project