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Identification and characterization of a natural polymorphism in FT-A2 associated with increased number of grains per spike in wheat.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Feb 2022
Glenn Priscilla, Zhang Junli, Brown-Guedira Gina, DeWitt Noah, Cook Jason P, Li Kun, Akhunov Eduard, Dubcovsky Jorge
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KEY MESSAGE: We discovered a natural FT-A2 allele that increases grain number per spike in both pasta and bread wheat with limited effect on heading time. Increases in wheat grain yield are necessary to meet future global food demands. A previous study showed that loss-of-function mutations in FLOWERING LOCUS T2 (FT2) increase spikelet number per spike (SNS), an important grain yield component. However, these...
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