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ArticleJournal of experimental botany2018

Mutation of SELF-PRUNING homologs in cotton promotes short-branching plant architecture.

Zhanfeng Si, Hui Liu, Jiankun Zhu, Jiedan Chen, Qiong Wang, Lei Fang, Fengkai Gao, Yue Tian, Yali Chen, Lijing Chang and 6 more

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Article in Journal of experimental botany, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 128 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zhanfeng SiAgronomy Department, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Hui LiuSpecial Plant Genomics Laboratory, College of Life Sciences, University of Shihezi, Shihezi, Xinjiang, China.
Jiankun ZhuState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Cotton Hybrid R & D Engineering Center (the Ministry of Education), College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Jiedan ChenAgronomy Department, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Qiong WangState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Cotton Hybrid R & D Engineering Center (the Ministry of Education), College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Lei FangAgronomy Department, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Fengkai GaoState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Cotton Hybrid R & D Engineering Center (the Ministry of Education), College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Yue TianState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Cotton Hybrid R & D Engineering Center (the Ministry of Education), College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Yali ChenState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Cotton Hybrid R & D Engineering Center (the Ministry of Education), College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Lijing ChangState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Cotton Hybrid R & D Engineering Center (the Ministry of Education), College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Bingliang LiuState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Cotton Hybrid R & D Engineering Center (the Ministry of Education), College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Zegang HanState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Cotton Hybrid R & D Engineering Center (the Ministry of Education), College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Baoliang ZhouState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Cotton Hybrid R & D Engineering Center (the Ministry of Education), College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Yan HuAgronomy Department, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Xianzhong HuangSpecial Plant Genomics Laboratory, College of Life Sciences, University of Shihezi, Shihezi, Xinjiang, China.
Tianzhen ZhangAgronomy Department, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Nanjing Agricultural University · CNZhejiang University · CNShihezi University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In cotton, the formation of fruiting branches affects both plant architecture and fiber yield. Here, we report map-based cloning of the axillary flowering mutation gene (GbAF) that causes bolls to be borne directly on the main plant stem in Gossypium barbadense, and of the clustered boll mutation gene (cl1) in G. hirsutum. Both mutant alleles were found to represent point mutations at the Cl1 locus. Therefore, we propose that the GbAF mutation be referred to as cl1b. These Cl1 loci correspond to homologs of tomato SELF-PRUNING (SP), i.e. Gossypium spp. SP (GoSP) genes. In tetraploid cottons, single monogenic mutation of either duplicate GoSP gene (one in the A and one in the D subgenome) is associated with the axillary cluster flowering phenotype, although the shoot-indeterminate state of the inflorescence is maintained. By contrast, silencing of both GoSPs leads to the termination of flowering or determinate plants. The architecture of axillary flowering cotton allows higher planting density, contributing to increased fiber yield. Taken together the results provide new insights into the underlying mechanism of branching in cotton species, and characterization of GoSP genes may promote the development of compact cultivars to increase global cotton production.

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