Regulation of OsSPL14 by OsmiR156 defines ideal plant architecture in rice

…, G Liu, G Dong, D Zeng, Z Lu, X Zhu, Q Qian, J Li - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Increasing crop yield is a major challenge for modern agriculture. The development of new
plant types, which is known as ideal plant architecture (IPA), has been proposed as a means …

Control of tillering in rice

X Li, Q Qian, Z Fu, Y Wang, G Xiong, D Zeng, X Wang… - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
Tillering in rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important agronomic trait for grain production, and
also a model system for the study of branching in monocotyledonous plants. Rice tiller is a …

[PDF][PDF] A route to de novo domestication of wild allotetraploid rice

…, H Du, J Zhang, G Liu, M Chen, Y Jing, L Kou, X Li… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Cultivated rice varieties are all diploid, and polyploidization of rice has long been desired
because of its advantages in genome buffering, vigorousness, and environmental robustness. …

Transcriptional regulation of strigolactone signalling in Arabidopsis

…, N Shao, H Ma, G Xiong, X Li, J Yang, J Chu, J Li - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Plant hormones known as strigolactones control plant development and interactions between
host plants and symbiotic fungi or parasitic weeds 1 , 2 , 3 – 4 . In Arabidopsis thaliana and …

Genome-wide association studies of 14 agronomic traits in rice landraces

…, Q Feng, Y Zhao, C Li, C Zhu, T Lu, Z Zhang, M Li… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Uncovering the genetic basis of agronomic traits in crop landraces that have adapted to
various agro-climatic conditions is important to world food security. Here we have identified ∼…

DWARF 53 acts as a repressor of strigolactone signalling in rice

…, Y He, Z Wu, K Melcher, Q Qian, HE Xu, Y Wang, J Li - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Strigolactones (SLs) are a group of newly identified plant hormones that control plant shoot
branching. SL signalling requires the hormone-dependent interaction of DWARF 14 (D14), a …

[HTML][HTML] A rare allele of GS2 enhances grain size and grain yield in rice

…, G Dong, L Guo, D Zeng, G Zhang, L Xie, G Xiong, J Li… - Molecular plant, 2015 - cell.com
Grain size determines grain weight and affects grain quality. Several major quantitative trait
loci (QTLs) regulating grain size have been cloned; however, our understanding of the …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic variation in 3,010 diverse accessions of Asian cultivated rice

…, C Wang, R Li, B Jia, J Lu, X He, Z Dong, J Xu, Y Li… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Here we analyse genetic variation, population structure and diversity among 3,010 diverse
Asian cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) genomes from the 3,000 Rice Genomes Project. Our …

Genome-wide association study of flowering time and grain yield traits in a worldwide collection of rice germplasm

X Huang, Y Zhao, X Wei, C Li, A Wang, Q Zhao, W Li… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
A high-density haplotype map recently enabled a genome-wide association study (GWAS)
in a population of indica subspecies of Chinese rice landraces. Here we extend this …

Branching in rice

Y Wang, J Li - Current opinion in plant biology, 2011 - Elsevier
Rice branching, including the formation of tillers and panicle branches, has been well
investigated over the past several years because of its agronomic importance. A major …