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Sparse panicle1 is required for inflorescence development in Setaria viridis and maize.
Nature plants - 18 Apr 2017
Huang Pu, Jiang Hui, Zhu Chuanmei, Barry Kerrie, Jenkins Jerry, Sandor Laura, Schmutz Jeremy, Box Mathew S, Kellogg Elizabeth A, Brutnell Thomas P
Abstract excerpt
Setaria viridis is a rapid-life-cycle model panicoid grass. To identify genes that may contribute to inflorescence architecture and thus have the potential to influence grain yield in related crops such as maize, we conducted an N-nitroso-N-methylurea (NMU) mutagenesis of S. viridis and screened for visible inflorescence mutant phenotypes. Of the approximately 2,700 M2 families screened, we identified four...
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