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Engineering a wheat spike

Li et al. investigated genes regulating wheat spike development and found that SQUAMOSA and SVP genes control the development of normal spikes. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab243 By Jorge Dubcovsky, Kun Li and Juan Manuel Debernardi, University of California, Davis, CA, USA Background:…

Misexpression of a MADS-box gene results in longer glumes and grains in wheat

Adamski et al. reveal that the expression of a MADS-box transcription factor is the basis for a grain phenotype observed in Polish wheat. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab119 By Cristobal Uauy and Nikolai M Adamski John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom Background:…