Inflorescence branching in the grasses controls the number of florets and hence the number
of seeds. Recent data on the underlying genetics come primarily from rice and maize …

Grasses are ubiquitous in our daily lives, with gramineous cereal crops such as maize, rice,
and wheat constituting a large proportion of our daily staple food intake. Evolutionary forces …

Wheat is an important contributor to global food security, and further improvements are
required to feed a growing human population. Functional genetics and genomics tools can …

The formation of inflorescences and flowers is essential for the successful reproduction of
angiosperms. In the past few decades, genetic studies have identified the LEAFY …

In wheat, the transition of the inflorescence meristem to a terminal spikelet (IM→ TS)
determines the spikelet number per spike (SNS), an important yield component. In this study …

Florets of cereal crops are the basic reproductive organs that produce grains for food or
feed. The birth of a floret progresses through meristem initiation and floral organ identity …

The advanced model of floral morphogenesis is based largely on data from Arabidopsis
(Arabidopsis thaliana) and rice (Oryza sativa), but this process is less well understood in the …

Gene editing technologies have opened up the possibility of manipulating the genome of
any organism in a predicted way. CRISPR technology is the most used genome editing tool …

Two homoeologous QTLs for number of spikelets per spike (SPS) were mapped on
chromosomes 7AL and 7BL using two wheat MAGIC populations. Sets of lines contrasting …

Phellodendron amurense Rupr., a species of Rutaceae, is a nationally protected and
valuable medicinal plant. It is generally considered to be dioecious. With the discovery of …