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    Plant Biotechnology Journal: Volume 17, Issue 1

    1-315
    January 2019
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  • Pages: 1-2
  • First Published: 13 January 2019

Editorial

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PBJ is ranked higher, publishes more original articles and offers free global access

Henry Daniell, 
  • Pages: 3-4
  • First Published: 13 January 2019

Letter

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CRISPR-PLANT v2: an online resource for highly specific guide RNA spacers based on improved off-target analysis

Bastian Minkenberg,  Jianwei Zhang,  Kabin Xie,  Yinong Yang, 
  • Pages: 5-8
  • First Published: 16 October 2018

Research Articles

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Targeting intracellular transport combined with efficient uptake and storage significantly increases grain iron and zinc levels in rice

Ting-Ying Wu,  Wilhelm Gruissem,  Navreet K. Bhullar, 
  • Pages: 9-20
  • First Published: 07 May 2018
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A sucrose non-fermenting-1-related protein kinase-1 gene, IbSnRK1, improves starch content, composition, granule size, degree of crystallinity and gelatinization in transgenic sweet potato

Zhitong Ren,  Shaozhen He,  Ning Zhao,  Hong Zhai,  Qingchang Liu, 
  • Pages: 21-32
  • First Published: 07 May 2018
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Ectopic expression of ORANGE promotes carotenoid accumulation and fruit development in tomato

Mohammad Yazdani,  Zhaoxia Sun,  Hui Yuan,  Shaohua Zeng,  Theodore W. Thannhauser,  Julia Vrebalov,  Qiyue Ma,  Yimin Xu,  Zhangjun Fei,  Joyce Van Eck,  Shiping Tian,  Yaakov Tadmor,  James J. Giovannoni,  Li Li, 
  • Pages: 33-49
  • First Published: 05 May 2018
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Genetic improvement of the shoot architecture and yield in soya bean plants via the manipulation of GmmiR156b

Zhengxi Sun,  Chao Su,  Jinxia Yun,  Qiong Jiang,  Lixiang Wang,  Youning Wang,  Dong Cao,  Fang Zhao,  Qingsong Zhao,  Mengchen Zhang,  Bin Zhou,  Lei Zhang,  Fanjiang Kong,  Baohui Liu,  Yiping Tong,  Xia Li, 
  • Pages: 50-62
  • First Published: 05 May 2018
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GhL1L1 affects cell fate specification by regulating GhPIN1-mediated auxin distribution

Jiao Xu,  Xiyan Yang,  Baoqi Li,  Lin Chen,  Ling Min,  Xianlong Zhang, 
  • Pages: 63-74
  • First Published: 13 May 2018
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Engineering the unicellular alga Phaeodactylum tricornutum for high-value plant triterpenoid production

Sarah D'Adamo,  Gino Schiano di Visconte,  Gavin Lowe,  Joanna Szaub-Newton,  Tracey Beacham,  Andrew Landels,  Michael J. Allen,  Andrew Spicer,  Michiel Matthijs, 
  • Pages: 75-87
  • First Published: 13 May 2018
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The Asian corn borer Ostrinia furnacalis feeding increases the direct and indirect defence of mid-whorl stage commercial maize in the field

Jingfei Guo,  Jinfeng Qi,  Kanglai He,  Jianqiang Wu,  Shuxiong Bai,  Tiantao Zhang,  Jiuran Zhao,  Zhenying Wang, 
  • Pages: 88-102
  • First Published: 13 May 2018
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PbrmiR397a regulates lignification during stone cell development in pear fruit

Cheng Xue,  Jia-Long Yao,  Meng-Fan Qin,  Ming-Yue Zhang,  Andrew C. Allan,  De-Fu Wang,  Jun Wu, 
  • Pages: 103-117
  • First Published: 13 May 2018
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Overexpression of OsTF1L, a rice HD-Zip transcription factor, promotes lignin biosynthesis and stomatal closure that improves drought tolerance

Seung Woon Bang,  Dong-Keun Lee,  Harin Jung,  Pil Joong Chung,  Youn Shic Kim,  Yang Do Choi,  Joo-Won Suh,  Ju-Kon Kim, 
  • Pages: 118-131
  • First Published: 21 May 2018
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Using CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in tomato to create a gibberellin-responsive dominant dwarf DELLA allele

Laurence Tomlinson,  Ying Yang,  Ryan Emenecker,  Matthew Smoker,  Jodie Taylor,  Sara Perkins,  Justine Smith,  Dan MacLean,  Neil E. Olszewski,  Jonathan D. G. Jones, 
  • Pages: 132-140
  • First Published: 24 May 2018
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Overexpressing the H-protein of the glycine cleavage system increases biomass yield in glasshouse and field-grown transgenic tobacco plants

Patricia E. López-Calcagno,  Stuart Fisk,  Kenny L. Brown,  Simon E. Bull,  Paul F. South,  Christine A. Raines, 
  • Pages: 141-151
  • First Published: 31 May 2018
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GbSOBIR1 confers Verticillium wilt resistance by phosphorylating the transcriptional factor GbbHLH171 in Gossypium barbadense

Yi Zhou,  Longqing Sun,  Ghulam Mustafa Wassan,  Xin He,  Muhammad Shaban,  Lin Zhang,  Longfu Zhu,  Xianlong Zhang, 
  • Pages: 152-163
  • First Published: 24 May 2018
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Osmotic stress-responsive promoter upstream transcripts (PROMPTs) act as carriers of MYB transcription factors to induce the expression of target genes in Populus simonii

Yuepeng Song,  Anran Xuan,  Chenhao Bu,  Dong Ci,  Min Tian,  Deqiang Zhang, 
  • Pages: 164-177
  • First Published: 24 May 2018
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Chromatin interacting factor OsVIL2 increases biomass and rice grain yield

Jungil Yang,  Lae-Hyeon Cho,  Jinmi Yoon,  Hyeryung Yoon,  Antt Htet Wai,  Woo-Jong Hong,  Muho Han,  Hitoshi Sakakibara,  Wanqi Liang,  Ki-Hong Jung,  Jong-Seong Jeon,  Hee-Jong Koh,  Dabing Zhang,  Gynheung An, 
  • Pages: 178-187
  • First Published: 31 May 2018
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An actin-depolymerizing factor from the halophyte smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora (SaADF2), is superior to its rice homolog (OsADF2) in conferring drought and salt tolerance when constitutively overexpressed in rice

Sonali Sengupta,  Venkata Mangu,  Luis Sanchez,  Renesh Bedre,  Rohit Joshi,  Kanniah Rajasekaran,  Niranjan Baisakh, 
  • Pages: 188-205
  • First Published: 31 May 2018
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The developmental dynamics of the Populus stem transcriptome

Qing Chao,  Zhi-Fang Gao,  Dong Zhang,  Biligen-Gaowa Zhao,  Feng-Qin Dong,  Chun-Xiang Fu,  Li-Jun Liu,  Bai-Chen Wang, 
  • Pages: 206-219
  • First Published: 31 May 2018
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Up-regulation of lipid biosynthesis increases the oil content in leaves of Sorghum bicolor

Thomas Vanhercke,  Srinivas Belide,  Matthew C. Taylor,  Anna El Tahchy,  Shoko Okada,  Vivien Rolland,  Qing Liu,  Madeline Mitchell,  Pushkar Shrestha,  Ingrid Venables,  Lina Ma,  Cheryl Blundell,  Anu Mathew,  Lisa Ziolkowski,  Nathalie Niesner,  Dawar Hussain,  Bei Dong,  Guoquan Liu,  Ian D. Godwin,  Jiwon Lee,  Melanie Rug,  Xue-Rong Zhou,  Surinder P. Singh,  James R. Petrie, 
  • Pages: 220-232
  • First Published: 06 June 2018
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Transgenic creeping bentgrass overexpressing Osa-miR393a exhibits altered plant development and improved multiple stress tolerance

Junming Zhao,  Shuangrong Yuan,  Man Zhou,  Ning Yuan,  Zhigang Li,  Qian Hu,  Frank G. Bethea Jr.,  Haibo Liu,  Shigui Li,  Hong Luo, 
  • Pages: 233-251
  • First Published: 06 June 2018
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QQS orphan gene and its interactor NF-YC4 reduce susceptibility to pathogens and pests

Mingsheng Qi,  Wenguang Zheng,  Xuefeng Zhao,  Jessica D. Hohenstein,  Yuba Kandel,  Seth O'Conner,  Yifan Wang,  Chuanlong Du,  Dan Nettleton,  Gustavo C. MacIntosh,  Gregory L. Tylka,  Eve S. Wurtele,  Steven A. Whitham,  Ling Li, 
  • Pages: 252-263
  • First Published: 07 June 2018
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Recent polyploidization events in three Saccharum founding species

Jisen Zhang,  Qing Zhang,  Leiting Li,  Haibao Tang,  Qiong Zhang,  Yang Chen,  Jie Arrow,  Xingtan Zhang,  Aiqin Wang,  Chenyong Miao,  Ray Ming, 
  • Pages: 264-274
  • First Published: 07 June 2018
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QTL sequencing strategy to map genomic regions associated with resistance to ascochyta blight in chickpea

Amit Deokar,  Mandeep Sagi,  Ketema Daba,  Bunyamin Tar'an, 
  • Pages: 275-288
  • First Published: 11 June 2018
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A CsTu-TS1 regulatory module promotes fruit tubercule formation in cucumber

Sen Yang,  Changlong Wen,  Bin Liu,  Yanling Cai,  Shudan Xue,  Ezra S. Bartholomew,  Mingming Dong,  Chen Jian,  Shuo Xu,  Ting Wang,  Wenzhu Qi,  Jinan Pang,  Dehua Ma,  Xingwang Liu,  Huazhong Ren, 
  • Pages: 289-301
  • First Published: 14 June 2018
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Genetic architecture underlying the lignin biosynthesis pathway involves noncoding RNAs and transcription factors for growth and wood properties in Populus

Mingyang Quan,  Qingzhang Du,  Liang Xiao,  Wenjie Lu,  Longxin Wang,  Jianbo Xie,  Yuepeng Song,  Baohua Xu,  Deqiang Zhang, 
  • Pages: 302-315
  • First Published: 27 June 2018