Tiller number is a crucial agronomic trait for achieving high yield in rice.NAC proteins play critical roles in regulating plant growth and development.However,the role of NAC transcription factors in regulating tille...Tiller number is a crucial agronomic trait for achieving high yield in rice.NAC proteins play critical roles in regulating plant growth and development.However,the role of NAC transcription factors in regulating tiller number remains poorly understood.In this study,we isolated a rice NAC gene,OsNAC022,which is conserved in cereal crops and functions as a transcriptional activator.To investigate the role of this gene in rice,we used CRISPR/Cas9 technology to generate a homozygous mutant named CR-osnac022,which exhibited increased tiller number.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.32372083)the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Public Welfare Research Institutes of Chinese Rice Research Institute(Grant No.CPSIBRF-CNRRI-202401)+1 种基金the Strategic Cooperation Project between Chongqing Municipal People’s Government and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences‘Introduction,Excavation and Innovative Utilization of High-quality Rice Resources’,the China Agriculture Research System(Grant No.CARS-01-14)the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program,China(Grant No.CAAS‐ASTIP‐2013‐CNRRI).
文摘Tiller number is a crucial agronomic trait for achieving high yield in rice.NAC proteins play critical roles in regulating plant growth and development.However,the role of NAC transcription factors in regulating tiller number remains poorly understood.In this study,we isolated a rice NAC gene,OsNAC022,which is conserved in cereal crops and functions as a transcriptional activator.To investigate the role of this gene in rice,we used CRISPR/Cas9 technology to generate a homozygous mutant named CR-osnac022,which exhibited increased tiller number.
