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Rice EMF3 Alleles Adjust Flower Opening Time to Enhance the Seed Setting Rate Under High Temperature Stress.
Plant biotechnology journal - 1 Aug 2026
Ishizaki Takuma, Hashida Yoichi, Hirabayashi Hideyuki, Sasaki Kazuhiro, Tokunaga Hiroki, Simon-Ada Eliza Vie M, Wakayama Masataka, Takai Toshiyuki, Saito Hiroki, Nagano Atsushi J, Sakakibara Hitoshi, Kojima Mikiko, Takebayashi Yumiko, Kim Sung-Ryul, Matsushima Ryo, Thomson Michael J, Sugimoto Kazuhiko, Hibara Ken-Ichiro, Ishimaru Tsutomu
Abstract excerpt
To safeguard global food security against rapid population growth and a warming world, the effective genetic improvement of cereals is imperative. Flower opening time (FOT) critically affects the seed setting rate. In this study, we identified a gene, EARLY-MORNING FLOWERING 3 (EMF3), in which single-nucleotide substitutions strongly modulate FOT in rice in a semi-dominant manner, resulting in wide variation in...
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