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Mutation of SELF-PRUNING homologs in cotton promotes short-branching plant architecture.
Journal of experimental botany - 27 Apr 2018
Si Zhanfeng, Liu Hui, Zhu Jiankun, Chen Jiedan, Wang Qiong, Fang Lei, Gao Fengkai, Tian Yue, Chen Yali, Chang Lijing, Liu Bingliang, Han Zegang, Zhou Baoliang, Hu Yan, Huang Xianzhong, Zhang Tianzhen
Abstract excerpt
In cotton, the formation of fruiting branches affects both plant architecture and fiber yield. Here, we report map-based cloning of the axillary flowering mutation gene (GbAF) that causes bolls to be borne directly on the main plant stem in Gossypium barbadense, and of the clustered boll mutation gene (cl1) in G. hirsutum. Both mutant alleles were found to represent point mutations at the Cl1 locus. Therefore, we...
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