Increasing the Grain Yield and Grain Protein Content of Common Wheat () by Introducing Missense Mutations in the Gene.

Grain yield (GY) and grain protein content (GPC) are important traits for wheat breeding and production; however, they are usually negatively correlated. The gene is the most important domestication gene in cultivated wheat because it influences many traits, including GY and GPC. Allelic variations in the gene may positively affect both GY and GPC.

The Allele Increases Wheat Bread-Making Quality by Regulating SPA and SPR.

Common wheat ( L.) is an important food crop with a unique processing quality. The gene positively regulates the processing quality of wheat, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear.

Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter Gene Is Essential for to Deal with Salicylic Acid Stress and for Its Pathogenicity towards Wheat.

Wheat is a major staple food crop worldwide, due to its total yield and unique processing quality. Its grain yield and quality are threatened by Fusarium head blight (FHB), which is mainly caused by . Salicylic acid (SA) has a strong and toxic effect on and is a hopeful target for sustainable control of FHB.

Post-translational cleavage of HMW-GS allele improves the cookie-making quality in common wheat ().

Unlabelled: Wheat is a major staple food crop worldwide because of the unique properties of wheat flour. High molecular weight glutenin subunits (HMW-GSs), which are among the most critical determinants of wheat flour quality, are responsible for the formation of glutenin polymeric structures via interchain disulfide bonds. We herein describe the identification of a new HMW-GS allele () The amino acid substitution (serine-to-asparagine) encoded in this allele resulted in a partial post-translational cleavage that produced two new peptides.

Encodes a Cell Wall Mannoprotein Conferring Sensitivity to Salicylic Acid and Virulence to Wheat.

causes head blight (FHB), a devastating disease of wheat. Salicylic acid (SA) is involved in the resistance of wheat to . Cell wall mannoprotein (CWM) is known to trigger defense responses in plants, but its role in the pathogenicity of remains unclear.

Re-acquisition of the brittle rachis trait via a transposon insertion in domestication gene Q during wheat de-domestication.

De-domestication is a unique evolutionary process during which crops re-acquire wild-like traits to survive and persist in agricultural fields without the need for human cultivation. The re-acquisition of seed dispersal mechanisms is crucial for crop de-domestication. Common wheat is an important cereal crop worldwide.

Transcriptional reference map of hormone responses in wheat spikes.

Background: Phytohormones are key regulators of plant growth, development, and signalling networks involved in responses to diverse biotic and abiotic stresses. Transcriptional reference maps of hormone responses have been reported for several model plant species such as Arabidopsis thaliana, Oryza sativa, and Brachypodium distachyon. However, because of species differences and the complexity of the wheat genome, these transcriptome data are not appropriate reference material for wheat studies.

Functional Analysis of Clarifies the Contribution of Salicylic Acid to Wheat () Resistance against Fusarium Head Blight.

Salicylic acid (SA) is a key defense hormone associated with wheat resistance against Fusarium head blight, which is a severe disease mainly caused by . Although can metabolize SA, it remains unclear how this metabolic activity affects the wheat⁻ interaction. In this study, we identified a salicylate hydroxylase gene (; ) in .

ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter Gene Is Required for Its Transportation of Salicylic Acid, Fungicide Resistance, Mycelial Growth and Pathogenicity towards Wheat.

ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters hydrolyze ATP to transport a wide range of substrates. is a major causal agent of Fusarium head blight, which is a severe disease in wheat worldwide. () encodes an ABC-C (ABC transporter family C) transporter in , which was highly expressed during the infection in wheat and was up-regulated by the plant defense hormone salicylic acid (SA) and the fungicide tebuconazole.

Mechanisms of wheat (Triticum aestivum) grain storage proteins in response to nitrogen application and its impacts on processing quality.

Basis for the effects of nitrogen (N) on wheat grain storage proteins (GSPs) and on the establishment of processing quality are far from clear. The response of GSPs and processing quality parameters to four N levels of four common wheat cultivars were investigated at two sites over two growing seasons. Except gluten index (GI), processing quality parameters as well as GSPs quantities were remarkably improved by increasing N level.

An Overexpressed Allele Leads to Increased Spike Density and Improved Processing Quality in Common Wheat ().

Spike density and processing quality are important traits in modern wheat production and are controlled by multiple gene loci. The associated genes have been intensively studied and new discoveries have been constantly reported during the past few decades. However, no gene playing a significant role in the development of these two traits has been identified.

Linoleic acid isomerase gene FgLAI12 affects sensitivity to salicylic acid, mycelial growth and virulence of Fusarium graminearum.

Fusarium graminearum is the major causal agent of fusarium head blight in wheat, a serious disease worldwide. Linoleic acid isomerase (LAI) catalyses the transformation of linoleic acid (LA) to conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), which is beneficial for human health. We characterised a cis-12 LAI gene of F.