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ArticlePlant biotechnology journal2020

Elevating seed oil content in a polyploid crop by induced mutations in SEED FATTY ACID REDUCER genes.

Nirosha L Karunarathna, Haoyi Wang, Hans-Joachim Harloff, Lixi Jiang, Christian Jung

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Article in Plant biotechnology journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 125 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nirosha L KarunarathnaPlant Breeding Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
Haoyi WangInstitute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Hans-Joachim HarloffPlant Breeding Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
Lixi JiangPlant Breeding Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
Christian JungPlant Breeding Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8149-7976
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel · DEZhejiang University · CN

Funding

CIRCADIAN AND SEASONAL NEUROCHEMICAL RHYTHMS IN THE SCNF06TW001099 · FIC · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI TUREK, FRED W · 1986 to 1986
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant-based oils are valuable agricultural products, and seed oil content (SOC) is the major yield component in oil crops. Increasing SOC has been successfully targeted through the selection and genetic modification of oil biosynthesis. The SOC in rapeseed declined during the seed maturation and eventually caused the final accumulated seed oil quantity. However, genes involved in oil degradation during seed maturity are not deeply studied so far. We performed a candidate gene association study using a worldwide collection of rapeseed germplasm. We identified SEED FATTY ACID REDUCER (SFAR) genes, which had a significant effect on SOC and fatty acid (FA) composition. SFAR genes belong to the GDSL lipases, and GDSL lipases have a broad range of functions in plants. After quantification of gene expression using RNA-seq and quantitative PCR, we used targeted (CRISPR-Cas mediated) and random (chemical) mutagenesis to modify turnover rates of seed oil in winter rapeseed. For the first time, we demonstrate significant increase of SOC in a crop after knocking out members of the BnSFAR4 and BnSFAR5 gene families without pleiotropic effects on seed germination, vigour and oil mobilization. Our results offer new perspectives for improving oil yield by targeted mutagenesis.

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Brassica napusPlant OilsFatty AcidsHumansPolyploidySeedsFatty AcidsPlant OilsBrassica napusCRISPR-CasEMSGDSLgenome editingmutagenesisrapeseedSFAR

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PMID32216029
PMCPMC7589255
OpenAlexW3012989420

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