Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Genome of Paspalum vaginatum and the role of trehalose mediated autophagy in increasing maize biomass

  • Guangchao Sun,
  • Nishikant Wase,
  • Shengqiang Shu,
  • Jerry Jenkins,
  • Bangjun Zhou,
  • J. Vladimir Torres-Rodríguez,
  • Cindy Chen,
  • Laura Sandor,
  • Chris Plott,
  • Yuko Yoshinga,
  • Christopher Daum,
  • Peng Qi,
  • Kerrie Barry,
  • Anna Lipzen,
  • Luke Berry,
  • Connor Pedersen,
  • Thomas Gottilla,
  • Ashley Foltz,
  • Huihui Yu,
  • Ronan O’Malley,
  • Chi Zhang,
  • Katrien M. Devos,
  • Brandi Sigmon,
  • Bin Yu,
  • Toshihiro Obata,
  • Jeremy Schmutz,
  • James C. Schnable

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35507-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Paspalum vaginatum is a stress tolerant wild relative of maize and sorghum. Here, the authors assemble its genome at pseudomolecule level and reveal the role of trehalose mediated autophagy in increasing maize biomass productivity under nutrient-deficit conditions.