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    Plant Biotechnology Journal: Volume 18, Issue 5

    1107-1342
    May 2020
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  • Pages: 1107-1108
  • First Published: 12 April 2020

Brief Communications

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Heat shock transcription factor A1b regulates heat tolerance in wheat and Arabidopsis through OPR3 and jasmonate signalling pathway

Xuejun Tian,  Fei Wang,  Yue Zhao,  Tianyu Lan,  Kuohai Yu,  Liyuan Zhang,  Zhen Qin,  Zhaorong Hu,  Yingyin Yao,  Zhongfu Ni,  Qixin Sun,  Vincenzo Rossi,  Huiru Peng,  Mingming Xin, 
  • Pages: 1109-1111
  • First Published: 26 September 2019
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From laboratory to field: yield stability and shade avoidance genes are massively differentially expressed in the field

Hilde Nelissen,  Heike Sprenger,  Kirin Demuynck,  Jolien De Block,  Tom Van Hautegem,  Alex De Vliegher,  Dirk Inzé, 
  • Pages: 1112-1114
  • First Published: 06 October 2019
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Development of an autonomously replicating viral expression system tailored for Catharanthus roseus

Cara Mortimer,  Benjamin Dugdale,  Peter Waterhouse, 
  • Pages: 1115-1117
  • First Published: 13 October 2019
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Engineering CRISPR/LbCas12a for highly efficient, temperature-tolerant plant gene editing

Patrick Schindele,  Holger Puchta, 
  • Pages: 1118-1120
  • First Published: 13 October 2019
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The C4 protein from the geminivirus Tomato yellow leaf curl virus confers drought tolerance in Arabidopsis through an ABA-independent mechanism

Miguel Corrales-Gutierrez, Laura Medina-Puche,  Yanling Yu,  Liping Wang,  Xue Ding,  Ana P. Luna,  Eduardo R. Bejarano,  Araceli G. Castillo,  Rosa Lozano-Duran, 
  • Pages: 1121-1123
  • First Published: 21 October 2019

Review

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Genetic and signalling pathways of dry fruit size: targets for genome editing-based crop improvement

Quaid Hussain,  Jiaqin Shi,  Armin Scheben,  Jiepeng Zhan,  Xinfa Wang,  Guihua Liu,  Guijun Yan,  Graham J. King,  David Edwards,  Hanzhong Wang, 
  • Pages: 1124-1140
  • First Published: 18 December 2019

Research Articles

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Rice microtubule-associated protein IQ67-DOMAIN14 regulates grain shape by modulating microtubule cytoskeleton dynamics

BaoJun Yang,  Jos R. Wendrich,  Bert De Rybel,  Dolf Weijers,  Hong-Wei Xue, 
  • Pages: 1141-1152
  • First Published: 17 October 2019
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Targeted mutagenesis of BnTT8 homologs controls yellow seed coat development for effective oil production in Brassica napus L.

Yungu Zhai,  Kaidi Yu,  Shengli Cai,  Limin Hu,  Olalekan Amoo,  Lei Xu,  Yang Yang,  Boyuan Ma,  Yangmiao Jiao,  Chaofeng Zhang,  Muhammad Hafeez Ullah Khan,  Shahid Ullah Khan,  Chuchuan Fan,  Yongming Zhou, 
  • Pages: 1153-1168
  • First Published: 21 October 2019
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The control of red colour by a family of MYB transcription factors in octoploid strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) fruits

Hua Wang,  Hui Zhang,  Yuan Yang,  Maofu Li,  Yuntao Zhang,  Jiashen Liu,  Jing Dong,  Jie Li,  Eugenio Butelli,  Zhen Xue,  Aimin Wang,  Guixia Wang,  Cathie Martin,  Wanmei Jin, 
  • Pages: 1169-1184
  • First Published: 24 October 2019
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Manipulation of β-carotene levels in tomato fruits results in increased ABA content and extended shelf life

Gianfranco Diretto,  Sarah Frusciante,  Claudia Fabbri,  Nicolas Schauer,  Lucas Busta,  Zhonghua Wang,  Antonio J. Matas,  Alessia Fiore,  Jocelyn K.C. Rose,  Alisdair R. Fernie,  Reinhard Jetter,  Benedetta Mattei,  Jim Giovannoni,  Giovanni Giuliano, 
  • Pages: 1185-1199
  • First Published: 24 October 2019
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The dual benefit of a dominant mutation in Arabidopsis IRON DEFICIENCY TOLERANT1 for iron biofortification and heavy metal phytoremediation

Reena Sharma,  Kuo-Chen Yeh, 
  • Pages: 1200-1210
  • First Published: 31 October 2019
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Heritable temporal gene expression patterns correlate with metabolomic seed content in developing hexaploid oat seed

Haixiao Hu,  Juan J. Gutierrez-Gonzalez,  Xinfang Liu,  Trevor H. Yeats,  David F. Garvin,  Owen A. Hoekenga,  Mark E. Sorrells,  Michael A. Gore,  Jean-Luc Jannink, 
  • Pages: 1211-1222
  • First Published: 01 November 2019
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Ethylene mediates the branching of the jasmonate-induced flavonoid biosynthesis pathway by suppressing anthocyanin biosynthesis in red Chinese pear fruits

Junbei Ni,  Yuan Zhao,  Ruiyan Tao,  Lei Yin,  Ling Gao,  Åke Strid,  Minjie Qian,  Juncai Li,  Yuanjun Li,  Jiaqi Shen,  Yuanwen Teng,  Songling Bai, 
  • Pages: 1223-1240
  • First Published: 01 November 2019
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Transcription factor BnaA9.WRKY47 contributes to the adaptation of Brassica napus to low boron stress by up-regulating the boric acid channel gene BnaA3.NIP5;1

Yingna Feng,  Rui Cui,  Sheliang Wang,  Mingliang He,  Yingpeng Hua,  Lei Shi,  Xiangsheng Ye,  Fangsen Xu, 
  • Pages: 1241-1254
  • First Published: 09 November 2019
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Arabidopsis GDSL1 overexpression enhances rapeseed Sclerotinia sclerotiorum resistance and the functional identification of its homolog in Brassica napus

Li-Na Ding,  Ming Li,  Xiao-Juan Guo,  Min-Qiang Tang,  Jun Cao,  Zheng Wang,  Rui Liu,  Ke-Ming Zhu,  Liang Guo,  Sheng-Yi Liu,  Xiao-Li Tan, 
  • Pages: 1255-1270
  • First Published: 06 November 2019
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Genetic variation in ZmTIP1 contributes to root hair elongation and drought tolerance in maize

Xiaomin Zhang,  Yue Mi,  Hude Mao,  Shengxue Liu,  Limei Chen,  Feng Qin, 
  • Pages: 1271-1283
  • First Published: 06 November 2019
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PpGST1, an anthocyanin-related glutathione S-transferase gene, is essential for fruit coloration in peach

Yun Zhao,  Weiqi Dong,  Yongchao Zhu,  Andrew C. Allan,  Kui Lin-Wang,  Changjie Xu, 
  • Pages: 1284-1295
  • First Published: 06 November 2019
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Engineering bacteriocin-mediated resistance against the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae

William M. Rooney,  Rhys W. Grinter,  Annapaula Correia,  Julian Parkhill,  Daniel C. Walker,  Joel J. Milner, 
  • Pages: 1296-1306
  • First Published: 09 November 2019
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Genome editing in wheat microspores and haploid embryos mediated by delivery of ZFN proteins and cell-penetrating peptide complexes

Andriy Bilichak,  Lakshmi Sastry-Dent,  Shreedharan Sriram,  Matthew Simpson,  Pon Samuel,  Steve Webb,  Fengying Jiang,  Francois Eudes, 
  • Pages: 1307-1316
  • First Published: 15 November 2019
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A membrane-associated NAC transcription factor OsNTL3 is involved in thermotolerance in rice

Xue-Huan Liu,  Yu-Shu Lyu,  Weiping Yang,  Zheng-Ting Yang,  Sun-Jie Lu,  Jian-Xiang Liu, 
  • Pages: 1317-1329
  • First Published: 16 November 2019
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TaDA1, a conserved negative regulator of kernel size, has an additive effect with TaGW2 in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Hong Liu,  Huifang Li,  Chenyang Hao,  Ke Wang,  Yamei Wang,  Lin Qin,  Diaoguo An,  Tian Li,  Xueyong Zhang, 
  • Pages: 1330-1342
  • First Published: 16 November 2019