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ArticlePlant physiology2015

A wheat CCAAT box-binding transcription factor increases the grain yield of wheat with less fertilizer input.

Baoyuan Qu, Xue He, Jing Wang, Yanyan Zhao, Wan Teng, An Shao, Xueqiang Zhao, Wenying Ma, Junyi Wang, Bin Li and 2 more

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Article in Plant physiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers.

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84citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

84 citing papers in PubMed, 183 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Baoyuan QuState Key Laboratory for Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering (B.Q., X.H., Y.Z., W.T., A.S., X.Z., W.M., Ju.W., B.L., Z.L., Y.T.) and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Ji.W.), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Xue HeState Key Laboratory for Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering (B.Q., X.H., Y.Z., W.T., A.S., X.Z., W.M., Ju.W., B.L., Z.L., Y.T.) and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Ji.W.), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Jing WangState Key Laboratory for Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering (B.Q., X.H., Y.Z., W.T., A.S., X.Z., W.M., Ju.W., B.L., Z.L., Y.T.) and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Ji.W.), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Yanyan ZhaoState Key Laboratory for Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering (B.Q., X.H., Y.Z., W.T., A.S., X.Z., W.M., Ju.W., B.L., Z.L., Y.T.) and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Ji.W.), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Wan TengState Key Laboratory for Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering (B.Q., X.H., Y.Z., W.T., A.S., X.Z., W.M., Ju.W., B.L., Z.L., Y.T.) and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Ji.W.), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
An ShaoState Key Laboratory for Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering (B.Q., X.H., Y.Z., W.T., A.S., X.Z., W.M., Ju.W., B.L., Z.L., Y.T.) and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Ji.W.), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Xueqiang ZhaoState Key Laboratory for Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering (B.Q., X.H., Y.Z., W.T., A.S., X.Z., W.M., Ju.W., B.L., Z.L., Y.T.) and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Ji.W.), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Wenying MaState Key Laboratory for Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering (B.Q., X.H., Y.Z., W.T., A.S., X.Z., W.M., Ju.W., B.L., Z.L., Y.T.) and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Ji.W.), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Junyi WangState Key Laboratory for Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering (B.Q., X.H., Y.Z., W.T., A.S., X.Z., W.M., Ju.W., B.L., Z.L., Y.T.) and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Ji.W.), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Bin LiState Key Laboratory for Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering (B.Q., X.H., Y.Z., W.T., A.S., X.Z., W.M., Ju.W., B.L., Z.L., Y.T.) and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Ji.W.), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Zhensheng LiState Key Laboratory for Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering (B.Q., X.H., Y.Z., W.T., A.S., X.Z., W.M., Ju.W., B.L., Z.L., Y.T.) and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Ji.W.), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Yiping TongState Key Laboratory for Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering (B.Q., X.H., Y.Z., W.T., A.S., X.Z., W.M., Ju.W., B.L., Z.L., Y.T.) and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Ji.W.), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China yptong@genetics.ac.cn.
State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringChinese Academy of Sciences · CNInstitute of Genetics and Developmental Biology · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasing fertilizer consumption has led to low fertilizer use efficiency and environmental problems. Identifying nutrient-efficient genes will facilitate the breeding of crops with improved fertilizer use efficiency. This research performed a genome-wide sequence analysis of the A (NFYA), B (NFYB), and C (NFYC) subunits of Nuclear Factor Y (NF-Y) in wheat (Triticum aestivum) and further investigated their responses to nitrogen and phosphorus availability in wheat seedlings. Sequence mining together with gene cloning identified 18 NFYAs, 34 NFYBs, and 28 NFYCs. The expression of most NFYAs positively responded to low nitrogen and phosphorus availability. In contrast, microRNA169 negatively responded to low nitrogen and phosphorus availability and degraded NFYAs. Overexpressing TaNFYA-B1, a low-nitrogen- and low-phosphorus-inducible NFYA transcript factor on chromosome 6B, significantly increased both nitrogen and phosphorus uptake and grain yield under differing nitrogen and phosphorus supply levels in a field experiment. The increased nitrogen and phosphorus uptake may have resulted from the fact that that overexpressing TaNFYA-B1 stimulated root development and up-regulated the expression of both nitrate and phosphate transporters in roots. Our results suggest that TaNFYA-B1 plays essential roles in root development and in nitrogen and phosphorus usage in wheat. Furthermore, our results provide new knowledge and valuable gene resources that should be useful in efforts to breed crops targeting high yield with less fertilizer input.

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FertilizersAgricultureBase SequenceBinding SitesBlotting, NorthernCloning, MolecularGene Expression Regulation, PlantGenes, PlantMicroRNAsMolecular Sequence DataNitratesNitrogenPhosphate Transport ProteinsPhosphorusPhylogenyPlant ProteinsFertilizersMicroRNAsNitratesNitrogenPhosphate Transport ProteinsPhosphorusPlant ProteinsTranscription Factors

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PMID25489021
PMCPMC4326744
OpenAlexW1986993501

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