Selection for a zinc-finger protein contributes to seed oil increase during soybean domestication

QT Li, X Lu, QX Song, HW Chen, W Wei, JJ Tao… - Plant …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Seed oil is a momentous agronomical trait of soybean (Glycine max) targeted by
domestication in breeding. Although multiple oil-related genes have been uncovered …

A transcriptional regulatory module controls lipid accumulation in soybean

L Lu, W Wei, QT Li, XH Bian, X Lu, Y Hu… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soybean (Glycine max) is one of the most important oilseed crops. However, the regulatory
mechanism that governs the process of oil accumulation in soybean remains poorly …

Artificial selection on GmOLEO1 contributes to the increase in seed oil during soybean domestication

D Zhang, H Zhang, Z Hu, S Chu, K Yu, L Lv… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Increasing seed oil content is one of the most important breeding goals for soybean due to a
high global demand for edible vegetable oil. However, genetic improvement of seed oil …

Soybean LEAFY COTYLEDON 1: A key target for genetic enhancement of oil biosynthesis

S Manan, KF Alabbosh, A Al-Andal, W Ahmad… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Soybean is an important oilseed crop that is used as a feed for livestock and has several
industrial uses. Lipid biosynthesis and accumulation primarily occur during seed …

Expression of ZmLEC1 and ZmWRI1 Increases Seed Oil Production in Maize

B Shen, WB Allen, P Zheng, C Li, K Glassman… - Plant …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Increasing seed oil production is a major goal for global agriculture to meet the strong
demand for oil consumption by humans and for biodiesel production. Previous studies to …

Extension of oil biosynthesis during the mid‐phase of seed development enhances oil content in Arabidopsis seeds

M Kanai, S Mano, M Kondo, M Hayashi… - Plant biotechnology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Regulation of oil biosynthesis in plant seeds has been extensively studied, and
biotechnological approaches have been designed to increase seed oil content. Oil and …

Identification of differentially expressed genes in soybean seeds differing in oil content

WH Wei, B Chen, XH Yan, LJ Wang, HF Zhang… - Plant science, 2008 - Elsevier
Characterization of gene regulation is fundamental for achieving an understanding of the
complex processes for oil synthesis. Up to now, it is still unknown how many genes are …

Identification of ST1 reveals a selection involving hitchhiking of seed morphology and oil content during soybean domestication

J Li, Y Zhang, R Ma, W Huang, J Hou… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Seed morphology and quality of cultivated soybean (Glycine max) have changed
dramatically during domestication from their wild relatives, but their relationship to selection …

POWR1 is a domestication gene pleiotropically regulating seed quality and yield in soybean

W Goettel, H Zhang, Y Li, Z Qiao, H Jiang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Seed protein, oil content and yield are highly correlated agronomically important traits that
essentially account for the economic value of soybean. The underlying molecular …

Soybean GmbZIP123 gene enhances lipid content in the seeds of transgenic Arabidopsis plants

QX Song, QT Li, YF Liu, FX Zhang, B Ma… - Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Soybean is one of most important oil crops and a significant increase in lipid content in
soybean seeds would facilitate vegetable oil production in the world. Although the pathways …