Shasha Guo, Junmin Ai, Nannan Zheng, Hairui Hu, Zhuoyi Xu, Quanquan Chen, Li Li, Yunjun Liu, Hongwei Zhang, Jieping Li, Qingchun Pan, Fanjun Chen, Lixing Yuan, Junjie Fu, Riliang Gu, Jianhua Wang, Xuemei Du
Seed vigour, including rapid, uniform germination and robust seedling establishment under various field conditions, is becoming an increasingly essential agronomic trait for achieving high yield in crops. However, little is known about this important seed quality trait. In this study, we performed a genome-wide association study to identify a key transcription factor ZmRap2.7, which regulates seed vigour through transcriptionally repressing expressions of three ABA signalling genes ZmPYL3, ZmPP2C and ZmABI5 and two phosphatidylethanolamine-binding genes ZCN9 and ZCN10...
May 18, 2024: Plant Biotechnology Journal