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Integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis of a mutant reveals the potential mechanism of endosperm content increase in sweet-waxy double recessive maize.
BMC plant biology - 10 Jun 2026
Wang Zhihong, Lu Baohong, Du Rushan, Hou Lei, Wang Zhiyuan
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BACKGROUND: The shrunken kernel phenotype in double recessive sweet-waxy maize (sh2sh2wxwx), caused by impaired starch biosynthesis, severely limits its commercial value. METHODS: To explore mechanisms for overcoming this limitation, we characterized a novel mutant, M4-6, derived from EMS mutagenesis, which exhibits significantly increased kernel weight. An integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis was...
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