Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Genome-wide association study identifies a gene responsible for temperature-dependent rice germination

  • Hideki Yoshida,
  • Ko Hirano,
  • Kenji Yano,
  • Fanmiao Wang,
  • Masaki Mori,
  • Mayuko Kawamura,
  • Eriko Koketsu,
  • Masako Hattori,
  • Reynante Lacsamana Ordonio,
  • Peng Huang,
  • Eiji Yamamoto,
  • Makoto Matsuoka

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33318-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Physiology of seed germination has been optimized for various climatic conditions. Here, the authors report a 14-3-3 protein encoding gene GF14h is responsible for temperature-dependent rice germination by regulating ABA-responsive genes and contributes to the geographical adaptation of rice.