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OsSWEET14 cooperates with OsSWEET11 to contribute to grain filling in rice.
Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology - 1 May 2021
Fei Honghong, Yang Zhipan, Lu Qingtao, Wen Xiaogang, Zhang Yi, Zhang Aihong, Lu Congming
Abstract excerpt
The grain-filling process is crucial for cereal crop yields, but how the caryopsis of such plants is supplied with sugars, which are produced by photosynthesis in leaves and then transported long distance, is largely unknown. In rice (Oryza sativa), various SWEET family sucrose transporters are thought to have important roles in grain filling. Here, we report that OsSWEET14 plays a crucial part in this process in...
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