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A trehalose metabolic enzyme controls inflorescence architecture in maize

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  • Namiko Satoh-Nagasawa

    (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

  • Nobuhiro Nagasawa

    (DuPont Crop Genetics Experimental Station E353)

  • Simon Malcomber

    (University of Missouri–St Louis
    California State University–Long Beach)

  • Hajime Sakai

    (DuPont Crop Genetics Experimental Station E353)

  • David Jackson

    (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Abstract

The simple disaccharide trehalose may act as a developmental signal to regulate inflorescence architecture, which is critical for maize crop yields — this role also seems to be conserved in crops of other cereals.

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  • Namiko Satoh-Nagasawa & Nobuhiro Nagasawa & Simon Malcomber & Hajime Sakai & David Jackson, 2006. "A trehalose metabolic enzyme controls inflorescence architecture in maize," Nature, Nature, vol. 441(7090), pages 227-230, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:441:y:2006:i:7090:d:10.1038_nature04725
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04725
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