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ArticleCommunications biology2025

Siblicide between fertilized and unfertilized ovaries within the maize ear.

Cheng Huang, Zhi-Wei Wang, Yi-Hsuan Lin, Xiao-Gui Liang, Hui-Min Chen, Bo Hong, Xian-Min Chen, Ya-Ning Zhou, Zhen-Yuan Chen, Shuai Dong and 3 more

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Article in Communications biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Cheng HuangCollege of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, 100193, Beijing, China.
Zhi-Wei WangCollege of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, 100193, Beijing, China.
Yi-Hsuan LinCollege of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, 100193, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-2647-3928
Xiao-Gui LiangResearch Center on Ecological Science, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China.
Hui-Min ChenCollege of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, 100193, Beijing, China.
Bo HongCollege of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, 100193, Beijing, China.
Xian-Min ChenCollege of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, 100193, Beijing, China.
Ya-Ning ZhouCollege of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, 100193, Beijing, China.
Zhen-Yuan ChenCollege of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, 100193, Beijing, China.
Shuai DongCollege of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, 100193, Beijing, China.
Xin WangCollege of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, 100193, Beijing, China.
Si ShenCollege of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, 100193, Beijing, China. shensi@cau.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1776-5670
Shun-Li ZhouCollege of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, 100193, Beijing, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evolutionarily, plants overproduce ovaries but selectively eliminate those inferiors to ensure competitive offspring to set. This sibling rivalry, reducing grain number, is detrimental agronomically. However, the interaction between early-fertilized and unfertilized ovaries in sequentially-pollinated panicles is unclear. Here, we fertilized the ovaries on half rows of maize ear (HP) while keeping the rest unfertilized to investigate their interaction. HP reduced the growth of unfertilized ovaries while promoting fertilized ovary (grain) development.

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FlowersZea maysGene Expression Regulation, PlantIndoleacetic AcidsPlant Growth RegulatorsPollinationSignal TransductionIndoleacetic AcidsPlant Growth Regulators

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PMID40164830
PMCPMC11958663

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