Green Revolution-associated DELLA accumulation enhances salt tolerance in cereals by disrupting INDETERMINATE SPIKELET1 biomolecular condensates
), which attenuates condensation and transcriptional repression, confers both semi-dwarf architecture and enhanced salt tolerance in non-GRVs, outperforming conventional Green Revolution alleles by producing a 35% yield gain (∼170 kg ha⁻¹) in saline fields. Collectively, our work resolves the mechanistic basis of stress adaptation in semi-dwarf crops and establishes a novel paradigm for the development of stress-resilient crops through targeted manipulation of transcriptional condensates.
Authors
- Xiliu Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8473-9042)
- Mingjie Lyu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5325-4010)
- Guangzhi Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1522-1095)
- J Liu
- Yanqing Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9534-6199)
- Haoran Wang
- Yanjia Gong
- Meiting Gao
- Xiaoding Ma
- Weihua Qiao
- Fan Zhang
- Xianjun Sun
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CN)
- Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CN)
- Institute of Crop Sciences (CN)
- China Agricultural University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Molecular Plant
- Published
- 2026-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2026.03.008
- Primary Topic
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences