MicroRNAs and their regulatory roles in plant–environment interactions

X Song, Y Li, X Cao, Y Qi - Annual review of plant biology, 2019 - annualreviews.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are 20–24 nucleotide noncoding RNAs abundant in plants and
animals. The biogenesis of plant miRNAs involves transcription of miRNA genes, processing …

MicroRNAs in crop improvement: fine-tuners for complex traits

J Tang, C Chu - Nature plants, 2017 - nature.com
One of the most common challenges for both conventional and modern crop improvement is
that the appearance of one desirable trait in a new crop variety is always balanced by the …

A rare allele of GS2 enhances grain size and grain yield in rice

J Hu, Y Wang, Y Fang, L Zeng, J Xu, H Yu, Z Shi, J Pan… - Molecular plant, 2015 - cell.com
Grain size determines grain weight and affects grain quality. Several major quantitative trait
loci (QTLs) regulating grain size have been cloned; however, our understanding of the …

Growth-regulating factors (GRFs): a small transcription factor family with important functions in plant biology

MA Omidbakhshfard, S Proost, U Fujikura… - Molecular plant, 2015 - cell.com
Growth-regulating factors (GRFs) are plant-specific transcription factors that were originally
identified for their roles in stem and leaf development, but recent studies highlight them to be …

RNA interference mechanisms and applications in plant pathology

C Rosa, YW Kuo, H Wuriyanghan… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The origin of RNA interference (RNAi), the cell sentinel system widely shared among
eukaryotes that recognizes RNAs and specifically degrades or prevents their translation in …

The OsmiR396c‐OsGRF4‐OsGIF1 regulatory module determines grain size and yield in rice

S Li, F Gao, K Xie, X Zeng, Y Cao… - Plant biotechnology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Grain weight is the most important component of rice yield and is mainly determined by grain
size, which is generally controlled by quantitative trait loci (QTL s). Although numerous QTL …

MicroRNA miR396, GRF transcription factors and GIF co-regulators: a conserved plant growth regulatory module with potential for breeding and biotechnology

D Liebsch, JF Palatnik - Current opinion in plant biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•The miR396–GRF/GIF network regulates plant growth and development in
angiosperms.•GRFs and GIFs promote growth via cell proliferation and/or expansion.• …

GROWTH-REGULATING FACTORS interact with DELLAs and regulate growth in cold stress

O Lantzouni, A Alkofer, P Falter-Braun… - The Plant …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
DELLA proteins are repressors of the gibberellin (GA) hormone signaling pathway that act
mainly by regulating transcription factor activities in plants. GAs induce DELLA repressor …

RNA interference: concept to reality in crop improvement

S Saurabh, AS Vidyarthi, D Prasad - Planta, 2014 - Springer
The phenomenon of RNA interference (RNAi) is involved in sequence-specific gene
regulation driven by the introduction of dsRNA resulting in inhibition of translation or …

The OsmiR396–OsGRF8–OsF3H‐flavonoid pathway mediates resistance to the brown planthopper in rice (Oryza sativa)

Z Dai, J Tan, C Zhou, X Yang, F Yang… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Multi‐functional micro RNA s (mi RNA s) are emerging as key modulators of plant–pathogen
interactions. Although the involvement of some mi RNA s in plant–insect interactions has …