OsWUS-driven synthetic apomixis in hybrid rice
Heterosis is fundamental to enhancing agricultural productivity and significantly boosting food security. However, the advantageous phenotypes of heterosis in F1 hybrids are lost in subsequent generations owing to random segregation of chromosomes and meiotic recombination and, thereby, trait segregation, necessitating substantial annual reinvestment in seed production. Apomixis, a form of asexual reproduction through seeds, circumvents these issues by maintaining heterozygous genotypes of hybrids across generations, thus preserving trait uniformity and enhancing heterosis utilization (Underwood and Mercier, 2022; Xiong et al., 2023).
Authors
- Wenqiang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5532-9319)
- Xin Wei
- Kejian Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8385-6714)
- Yong Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4939-3493)
- Jie Xiong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7938-0402)
- Jiayang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0487-6574)
- Xiangbing Meng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1842-4875)
- Hong Yu
- Yuchun Rao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6141-2442)
- Tingting Sun
- Yingying Xie
Institutions
- Zhejiang Normal University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (CN)
- China National Rice Research Institute (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Plant Communications
- Published
- 2024-09-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xplc.2024.101136
- Citations
- 27
- Primary Topic
- Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 27.79
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Key Research and Development Program of China