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Identification and Characterization of Maize salmon silks Genes Involved in Insecticidal Maysin Biosynthesis.
The Plant cell - 1 Jun 2016
Casas María Isabel, Falcone-Ferreyra María Lorena, Jiang Nan, Mejía-Guerra María Katherine, Rodríguez Eduardo, Wilson Tyler, Engelmeier Jacob, Casati Paula, Grotewold Erich
Abstract excerpt
The century-old maize (Zea mays) salmon silks mutation has been linked to the absence of maysin. Maysin is a C-glycosyl flavone that, when present in silks, confers natural resistance to the maize earworm (Helicoverpa zea), which is one of the most damaging pests of maize in America. Previous genetic analyses predicted Pericarp Color1 (P1; R2R3-MYB transcription factor) to be epistatic to the sm mutation....
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