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ArticleMolecular breeding : new strategies in plant improvement2025

Engineering the key domains of starch synthases and branching enzyme to balance the amylose increase and yield loss in maize kernels.

Zhengqi Wang, Shuting Hu, Junhong Zhuang, Xuan Zhang, Xingyu Ge, Sixuan Xu, Xiaoming Zhao, Huaijun Tang, Xiqing Wang, Jiansheng Li and 1 more

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Zhengqi Wang *State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience and National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Shuting Hu *State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience and National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Junhong Zhuang *Center for Crop Functional Genomics and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Xuan ZhangState Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience and National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Xingyu GeState Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience and National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Sixuan XuState Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience and National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Xiaoming ZhaoCenter for Crop Functional Genomics and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Huaijun TangInstitute of Grain Crops, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi, China.
Xiqing WangCenter for Crop Functional Genomics and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Jiansheng LiState Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience and National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Xiaohong YangState Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience and National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6438-948X

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Abstract

Amylose content and resistant starch (RS) are of great importance due to their multiple functionalities in the food and pharmaceutical industries and their benefits for human health. However, breeding high-amylose maize remains challenging because of the trade-off between amylose content and yield loss. Here, we report targeted mutagenesis of the key domains of starch synthases and branching enzyme including Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11032-025-01559-z.

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Gene editingHigh-amylose starchMaizeSBEIIbSSIIa

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