Wheat gene variant linked to drought survival offers new breeding target
Researchers identified a wheat MAPK gene haplotype significantly associated with drought survival across 344 accessions, offering a promising marker for ...
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Rice Gene FLBOA9 Revealed as Master Switch Controlling Leaf Angle for Higher Yields
Researchers identified and validated FLBOA9 as a negative regulator of functional leaf angle in rice, opening a path to compact ...
Wheat Gene Pinpointed in 880-Kilobase Window Offers Durable Defense Against Powdery Mildew
Researchers have fine-mapped a wheat powdery mildew resistance locus to an 880-kilobase interval on chromosome 4B, identified an MLO candidate ...
Scientists Uncover Shared Genetic Switches That Control How Long Sorghum Grains Fill and How Big They Get
A massive genomic study of 904 sorghum varieties reveals that grain filling duration and kernel weight share overlapping genetic controls, ...
Scientists Home In on the Genes That Decide How Many Kernels Fill a Row of Corn
An integrated genetic mapping study in a 530-line multi-parent maize population has prioritized four candidate genes controlling kernel number per ...
One Gene Swap Gives Peas Powerful New Defense Against Devastating Fusarium Wilt
Researchers have identified PsFwC9, a single dominant pea gene whose one amino acid change confers strong resistance to Fusarium wilt ...
Mystery Rice Gene With Propeller-Shaped Protein Emerges as Key to Iron-Deficiency Tolerance
Researchers in India combined QTL-seq, transcriptomics and structural modeling to identify OsFe2200, a little-known DUF1677 gene with a predicted Kelch ...
New Web Tool Turns Rice Genome Data into Instant Haplotype Maps and Breeding Markers
A new open-source web application called Hap-Browser unifies haplotype visualization, classification, and allele-specific marker design for crop genetics into a ...
Scientists Find a Chromosome 5D Hotspot That Helps Wheat Sprout Under Drought
A multi-environment genome-wide association study of 389 wheat varieties has identified stable QTLs and candidate genes for drought tolerance during ...
A Genetic Saboteur: Scientists Uncover Why Rice Surrenders to the Cold
Researchers have identified the rice transcription factor OsbHLH6 as a negative regulator that represses the cold-resilience gene OsMADS57 and disrupts ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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