Wheat

Characterization and molecular mapping of a dwarf mutant in wheat

X. J. Jin, Sun, D. F., Li, H. Y., Yang, Y., and Sun, G. L., Characterization and molecular mapping of a dwarf mutant in wheat, vol. 12, pp. 3555-3565, 2013.

A spontaneous dwarf mutant of wheat was found in an F5 generation line derived from a cross between Huamai No. 9 and Een No. 1 in 1998; it was named Huaai 01. We characterized the genetic pattern of Huaai 01 and mapped the gene controlling the dwarf trait. This dwarf mutant was found insensitive to exogenous gibberellic acid treatment, based on the length of the first leaf and the coleoptile at the seedling stage, suggesting that it plays a crucial role in the gibberellin response pathway.

Identification of UV-B-induced microRNAs in wheat

B. Wang, Sun, Y. F., Song, N., Wang, X. J., Feng, H., Huang, L. L., and Kang, Z. S., Identification of UV-B-induced microRNAs in wheat, vol. 12, pp. 4213-4221, 2013.

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play critical roles in post-transcriptional gene regulation and act as important endogenous regulators to various stressors. Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation is a major factor influencing crop growth and development. In this study, we isolated a novel wheat miRNA, named Tae-miR6000, and confirmed its expression diversity after UV-B treatments. Additionally, using the Northern blotting technique, we found that six miRNAs were highly responsive to UV-B stress in wheat.

A novel SCAR marker for detecting Psathyrostachys huashanica Keng chromatin introduced in wheat

W. L. Du, Wang, J., Wang, L. M., Pang, Y. H., Wu, J., Zhao, J. X., Yang, Q. H., and Chen, X. H., A novel SCAR marker for detecting Psathyrostachys huashanica Keng chromatin introduced in wheat, vol. 12, pp. 4797-4806, 2013.

In this study, we cloned and sequenced a 938-base pair polymorphic band, pHs27, in the tightly linked random amplified polymorphic DNA marker OPU10 and converted it into a sequence-characterized amplified region (SCAR) marker referred to as RHS141, which was specific for the Ns genome of Psathyrostachys huashanica. A GenBank basic local alignment search tool search showed that the sequence of pHs27 had no primary sequence homology with known sequences, and Southern blotting confirmed this result.

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