Brassinosteroids (BRs) role in plant development and coping with different stresses

H Manghwar, A Hussain, Q Ali, F Liu - International journal of molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plants are vulnerable to a number of abiotic and biotic stresses that cause a substantial
decrease in the production of plants. Plants respond to different environmental stresses by …

Brassinosteroids: multidimensional regulators of plant growth, development, and stress responses

TM Nolan, N Vukašinović, D Liu, E Russinova… - The Plant …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Brassinosteroids (BRs) are a group of polyhydroxylated plant steroid hormones that are
crucial for many aspects of a plant's life. BRs were originally characterized for their function …

LightGBM: accelerated genomically designed crop breeding through ensemble learning

J Yan, Y Xu, Q Cheng, S Jiang, Q Wang, Y Xiao, C Ma… - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
LightGBM is an ensemble model of decision trees for classification and regression
prediction. We demonstrate its utility in genomic selection-assisted breeding with a large …

Teosinte ligule allele narrows plant architecture and enhances high-density maize yields

J Tian, C Wang, J Xia, L Wu, G Xu, W Wu, D Li, W Qin… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Increased planting densities have boosted maize yields. Upright plant architecture facilitates
dense planting. Here, we cloned UPA1 (Upright Plant Architecture1) and UPA2, two …

Metabolomics for plant improvement: status and prospects

R Kumar, A Bohra, AK Pandey, MK Pandey… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Post-genomics era has witnessed the development of cutting-edge technologies that have
offered cost-efficient and high-throughput ways for molecular characterization of the function …

The genetic mechanism of heterosis utilization in maize improvement

Y Xiao, S Jiang, Q Cheng, X Wang, J Yan, R Zhang… - Genome Biology, 2021 - Springer
Background In maize hybrid breeding, complementary pools of parental lines with reshuffled
genetic variants are established for superior hybrid performance. To comprehensively …

Leaf angle: a target of genetic improvement in cereal crops tailored for high‐density planting

Y Cao, Z Zhong, H Wang, R Shen - Plant Biotechnology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
High‐density planting is an effective measure for increasing crop yield per unit land area.
Leaf angle (LA) is a key trait of plant architecture and a target for genetic improvement of …

The genetic architecture of maize height

JA Peiffer, MC Romay, MA Gore, SA Flint-Garcia… - Genetics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Height is one of the most heritable and easily measured traits in maize (Zea mays L.). Given
a pedigree or estimates of the genomic identity-by-state among related plants, height is also …

Breeding maize of ideal plant architecture for high‐density planting tolerance through modulating shade avoidance response and beyond

F Jafari, B Wang, H Wang, J Zou - Journal of Integrative Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Maize is a major staple crop widely used as food, animal feed, and raw materials in
industrial production. High‐density planting is a major factor contributing to the continuous …

Brassinosteroid signalling

JY Zhu, J Sae-Seaw, ZY Wang - Development, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
The brassinosteroid (BR) class of steroid hormones regulates plant development and
physiology. The BR signal is transduced by a receptor kinase-mediated signal transduction …