
Altered expression of maize PLASTOCHRON1 enhances biomass and seed yield by extending cell division duration
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- Xiaohuan Sun (UGent) , James Cahill, Tom Van Hautegem (UGent) , Kim Feys (UGent) , Clinton Whipple (UGent) , Ondrej Novak, Sofie Delbare, Charlot Versteele (UGent) , Kirin Demuynck (UGent) , Jolien De Block (UGent) , Veronique Storme (UGent) , Hannes Claeys (UGent) , Maria Van Lijsebettens (UGent) , Griet Coussens (UGent) , Karin Ljung, Alex De Vliegher, Michael Muszynski, Dirk Inzé (UGent) and Hilde Nelissen (UGent)
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- Maize is the highest yielding cereal crop grown worldwide for grain or silage. Here, we show that modulating the expression of the maize PLASTOCHRON1 (ZmPLA1) gene, encoding a cytochrome P450 (CYP78A1), results in increased organ growth, seedling vigour, stover biomass and seed yield. The engineered trait is robust as it improves yield in an inbred as well as in a panel of hybrids, at several locations and over multiple seasons in the field. Transcriptome studies, hormone measurements and the expression of the auxin responsive DR5(rev): mRFPer marker suggest that PLA1 may function through an increase in auxin. Detailed analysis of growth over time demonstrates that PLA1 stimulates the duration of leaf elongation by maintaining dividing cells in a proliferative, undifferentiated state for a longer period of time. The prolonged duration of growth also compensates for growth rate reduction caused by abiotic stresses.
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- ORGAN SIZE, ARABIDOPSIS-THALIANA, GENE-EXPRESSION, LEAF SIZE, GROWTH, CYTOCHROME-P450, PROTEIN, PLANTS, INFERENCE, MECHANISM
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8516888
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- Sun, Xiaohuan, et al. “Altered Expression of Maize PLASTOCHRON1 Enhances Biomass and Seed Yield by Extending Cell Division Duration.” NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 8, 2017, doi:10.1038/ncomms14752.
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- Sun, X., Cahill, J., Van Hautegem, T., Feys, K., Whipple, C., Novak, O., … Nelissen, H. (2017). Altered expression of maize PLASTOCHRON1 enhances biomass and seed yield by extending cell division duration. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 8. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14752
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- Sun, Xiaohuan, James Cahill, Tom Van Hautegem, Kim Feys, Clinton Whipple, Ondrej Novak, Sofie Delbare, et al. 2017. “Altered Expression of Maize PLASTOCHRON1 Enhances Biomass and Seed Yield by Extending Cell Division Duration.” NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 8. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14752.
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- Sun, Xiaohuan, James Cahill, Tom Van Hautegem, Kim Feys, Clinton Whipple, Ondrej Novak, Sofie Delbare, Charlot Versteele, Kirin Demuynck, Jolien De Block, Veronique Storme, Hannes Claeys, Maria Van Lijsebettens, Griet Coussens, Karin Ljung, Alex De Vliegher, Michael Muszynski, Dirk Inzé, and Hilde Nelissen. 2017. “Altered Expression of Maize PLASTOCHRON1 Enhances Biomass and Seed Yield by Extending Cell Division Duration.” NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 8. doi:10.1038/ncomms14752.
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- 1.Sun X, Cahill J, Van Hautegem T, Feys K, Whipple C, Novak O, et al. Altered expression of maize PLASTOCHRON1 enhances biomass and seed yield by extending cell division duration. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2017;8.
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- [1]X. Sun et al., “Altered expression of maize PLASTOCHRON1 enhances biomass and seed yield by extending cell division duration,” NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 8, 2017.
@article{8516888, abstract = {{Maize is the highest yielding cereal crop grown worldwide for grain or silage. Here, we show that modulating the expression of the maize PLASTOCHRON1 (ZmPLA1) gene, encoding a cytochrome P450 (CYP78A1), results in increased organ growth, seedling vigour, stover biomass and seed yield. The engineered trait is robust as it improves yield in an inbred as well as in a panel of hybrids, at several locations and over multiple seasons in the field. Transcriptome studies, hormone measurements and the expression of the auxin responsive DR5(rev): mRFPer marker suggest that PLA1 may function through an increase in auxin. Detailed analysis of growth over time demonstrates that PLA1 stimulates the duration of leaf elongation by maintaining dividing cells in a proliferative, undifferentiated state for a longer period of time. The prolonged duration of growth also compensates for growth rate reduction caused by abiotic stresses.}}, articleno = {{14752}}, author = {{Sun, Xiaohuan and Cahill, James and Van Hautegem, Tom and Feys, Kim and Whipple, Clinton and Novak, Ondrej and Delbare, Sofie and Versteele, Charlot and Demuynck, Kirin and De Block, Jolien and Storme, Veronique and Claeys, Hannes and Van Lijsebettens, Maria and Coussens, Griet and Ljung, Karin and De Vliegher, Alex and Muszynski, Michael and Inzé, Dirk and Nelissen, Hilde}}, issn = {{2041-1723}}, journal = {{NATURE COMMUNICATIONS}}, keywords = {{ORGAN SIZE,ARABIDOPSIS-THALIANA,GENE-EXPRESSION,LEAF SIZE,GROWTH,CYTOCHROME-P450,PROTEIN,PLANTS,INFERENCE,MECHANISM}}, language = {{eng}}, pages = {{11}}, title = {{Altered expression of maize PLASTOCHRON1 enhances biomass and seed yield by extending cell division duration}}, url = {{http://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14752}}, volume = {{8}}, year = {{2017}}, }
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