Analysis of the functions of TaGW2 homoeologs in wheat grain weight and protein content traits

• Published in: The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology Vol. 94; no. 5; pp. 857 - 866
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yi, Li, Da, Zhang, Dingbo, Zhao, Xiaoge, Cao, Xuemin, Dong, Lingli, Liu, Jinxing, Chen, Kunling, Zhang, Huawei, Gao, Caixia, Wang, Daowen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2018
• Subjects: Cell number; Cereal crops; Data processing; gene editing mutant; Genetic control; genetic interaction; Genetic modification; Genome editing; Gluten; Grain; grain length; grain protein content; grain weight; grain width; homoeolog; Mutants; Parameters; Pericarp; Proteins; Triticum aestivum; Wheat; gene editing mutant; homoeolog; grain length; grain width; grain weight; Triticum aestivum; grain protein content; genetic interaction; pericarp

Summary GW2 is emerging as a key genetic determinant of grain weight in cereal crops; it has three homoeologs (TaGW2‐A1, ‐B1 and ‐D1) in hexaploid common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Here, by analyzing the gene editing mutants that lack one (B1 or D1), two (B1 and D1) or all three (A1, B1 and D1) h...