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Jun 28 2018
Progress on Fruit Size Molecular Mechanisms in Sweet Cherry
Recently, a paper titled PaCYP78A9, a Cytochrome P450, Regulates Fruit Size in Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium L.) -
Jun 27 2018
Genomic Variation in 3,010 Diverse Accessions of Asian Cultivated Rice
Asian cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) is grown worldwide as staple food of half of the world. By the year 2035, an additional 112 million metric tons of rice must be produced with less land and wate... -
Jun 27 2018
CAAS Revealed the Role of RXFP2 in the Development of a Unique Horn Phenotype in Sheep as Response to Semi-feralization by Whole-genome Sequences
Recently, the mutton sheep and goat genetics and breeding team have reported their new progress on adaptive evolutions of domestic sheep. The present study revealed that horn-related gene RXFP2 showed... -
Jun 27 2018
The Hangzhou Index of Chinese Tea Industry Launched at the Second China International Tea Expo
On May 18, 2018, the Tea Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) launched the first Hangzhou Index of Chinese Tea Industry on the side event of the opening ceremony of th... -
Jun 27 2018
CAAS Revealed the Role of RXFP2 in the Development of a Unique Horn Phenotype in Sheep as Response to Semi-feralization by Whole-genome Sequences
Recently, the mutton sheep and goat genetics and breeding team have reported their new progress on adaptive evolutions of domestic sheep. The present study revealed that horn-related gene RXFP2 showed... -
Jun 27 2018
Genomic Variation in 3,010 Diverse Accessions of Asian Cultivated Rice
Asian cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) is grown worldwide as staple food of half of the world. By the year 2035, an additional 112 million metric tons of rice must be produced with less land and wate... -
Jun 01 2018
Mapping, Cloning and Functional Analysis of TGW3, a Major QTL that Negatively Modulates Grain Length and Weight in Rice
Grain weight, one of the most important components of rice yield, is usually measured by 1000-grain weight and determined by grain length, grain width and grain thickness. Cloning and functional chara... -
May 23 2018
OsPK2 Encodes a Plastidic Pyruvate Kinase Involved in Rice Endosperm Starch Synthesis, Compound Granule Formation and Grain Filling
Recently, a research team led by Professor Hu Peisong from China Rice Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) has made a great progress on new regulatory mechanism of ric... -
May 10 2018
The N terminus of Autographa californica Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus DNA Polymerase is Required for Efficient Viral DNA Replication and Virus and Occlusion Body Production
Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) DNA polymerase (DNApol) plays a crucial role in viral DNA synthesis and the N terminus (residues 1 to 186) is highly conserved in the bacu... -
Apr 28 2018
Genetic Mapping Reveals a Candidate Gene (ClFS1) for Fruit Shape in Watermelon
The polyploidy watermelon breeding group of Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute of CAAS reveals a candidate gene for fruit shape in watermelon. The related paper was recently published on Theoretical a...