Nature Communications (Mar 2017)
Altered expression of maize PLASTOCHRON1 enhances biomass and seed yield by extending cell division duration
- Xiaohuan Sun,
- James Cahill,
- Tom Van Hautegem,
- Kim Feys,
- Clinton Whipple,
- Ondrej Novák,
- Sofie Delbare,
- Charlot Versteele,
- Kirin Demuynck,
- Jolien De Block,
- Veronique Storme,
- Hannes Claeys,
- Mieke Van Lijsebettens,
- Griet Coussens,
- Karin Ljung,
- Alex De Vliegher,
- Michael Muszynski,
- Dirk Inzé,
- Hilde Nelissen
Affiliations
- Xiaohuan Sun
- Department of Plant Systems Biology
- James Cahill
- Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University
- Tom Van Hautegem
- Department of Plant Systems Biology
- Kim Feys
- Department of Plant Systems Biology
- Clinton Whipple
- Department of Plant Systems Biology
- Ondrej Novák
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators and Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University
- Sofie Delbare
- Department of Plant Systems Biology
- Charlot Versteele
- Department of Plant Systems Biology
- Kirin Demuynck
- Department of Plant Systems Biology
- Jolien De Block
- Department of Plant Systems Biology
- Veronique Storme
- Department of Plant Systems Biology
- Hannes Claeys
- Department of Plant Systems Biology
- Mieke Van Lijsebettens
- Department of Plant Systems Biology
- Griet Coussens
- Department of Plant Systems Biology
- Karin Ljung
- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Alex De Vliegher
- Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO)
- Michael Muszynski
- Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University
- Dirk Inzé
- Department of Plant Systems Biology
- Hilde Nelissen
- Department of Plant Systems Biology
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14752
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Maize is the highest yielding cereal crop grown worldwide. Here Sunet al. show that maize growth can be further enhanced by prolonging the duration of leaf elongation by targeted ectopic expression of the PLASTOCHRON1gene and show that this leads to increased yield in field trials.
