DEP1 gene in wheat species with normal, compactoid and compact spikes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In rice, a variant of DEP1 gene results in erect panicle architecture, well-developed vascular bundles, an increase in the number of grains per panicle and a consequent increase in the grain yield. Interestingly, DEP1 homologs are present in the other cereals including species of wheat and barley (Hordeum vulgare), even though they do not produce panicles but spikes. In barley, HvDEP1 alleles do not differ between strains of various ear types and geographic origins, while in at least three OsDEP1 variants have been described.

Results

In this work, we have studied the DEP1 gene from eight accessions which belong to four wheat species, T. monococcum, T. durum, T. compactum, and T. spelta, with either compact, compactoid or normal spike phenotypes. The nucleotide seq

SUBMITTER: Vavilova V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5751790 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature