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Using the Hexaploid Nature of Wheat To Create Variability in Starch Characteristics.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 3 Feb 2016
Inokuma Takayuki, Vrinten Patricia, Shimbata Tomoya, Sunohara Ai, Ito Hiroyuki, Saito Mika, Taniguchi Yoshinori, Nakamura Toshiki
Abstract excerpt
In hexaploid crops, such as bread wheat, it should be possible to fine-tune phenotypic traits by identifying wild-type and null genes from each of the three genomes and combining them in a calculated manner. Here, we demonstrate this with gene combinations for two starch synthesis genes, SSIIa and GBSSI. Lines with inactive copies of both enzymes show a very dramatic change in phenotype, so to create intermediate...
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