Conservation and divergence: Regulatory networks underlying reproductive branching in rice and maize

ABSTRACT: Graphical abstract Highlights • Branching pattern in maize and rice determines the inflorescence architecture and thus the final grain yield.• The branching pattern is determined by meristem size, bud initiation and outgrowth, and controlled by endogenous and external factors.• Genetic control of inflorescence branching including CLV-WUS feedback loop, Auxin-cytokinin crosstalk and miR156/SPL/miR172 in maize and rice is summarized.• The comprehensive genetic networks associated with crop branching, will promote the transformation of molecular designs breeding based on regulatory networks via genome editing, then produce optimized inflorescence architecture.

Background

Cereal crops are a major source of raw food and nutrition for humans worldwide. Inflorescence of cereal crops is

SUBMITTER: Du Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9637487 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature