Publications by authors named "J A Schmutz"
Temperature stress is one of the major limiting environmental factors that negatively impact global crop yields. is an obligate crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plant species, exhibiting much higher water-use efficiency and tolerance to drought and heat stresses than C or C plant species. Previous studies on gene expression responses to low- or high-temperature stress have been focused on C and C plants.
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- The text discusses how transferring DNA from organelles to the nucleus is crucial for the evolution of eukaryotes, highlighted by a study that identified a specific gene (BSTR) linked to photosynthesis in Populus trichocarpa.
- BSTR has three exons, with two derived from endophytic sources and one including a large part of a plastid gene related to Rubisco, which is essential for photosynthesis.
- Overexpressing BSTR in poplar and Arabidopsis plants led to significant increases in plant height (up to 200%) and biomass (up to 200%), demonstrating its potential for enhancing growth under field conditions.
Sex chromosomes have evolved hundreds of times across the flowering plant tree of life; their recent origins in some members of this clade can shed light on the early consequences of suppressed recombination, a crucial step in sex chromosome evolution. Amborella trichopoda, the sole species of a lineage that is sister to all other extant flowering plants, is dioecious with a young ZW sex determination system. Here we present a haplotype-resolved genome assembly, including highly contiguous assemblies of the Z and W chromosomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis strategic plan summarizes the major accomplishments achieved in the last quinquennial by the soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] genetics and genomics research community and outlines key priorities for the next 5 years (2024-2028).
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