Xiaoping Lian, Liyuan Zhong, Yixuan Bai, Xuanmin Guang, Sijia Tang, Xing Guo, Tong Wei, Feng Yang, Yujiao Zhang, Guangfu Huang, Jing Zhang, Lin Shao, Guijie Lei, Zheng Li, Sunil Kumar Sahu, Shilai Zhang, Huan Liu, Fengyi Hu
Rhizomes are modified stems that grow underground and produce new individuals genetically identical to the mother plant. Recently, a breakthrough has been made in efforts to convert annual grains into perennial ones by utilizing wild rhizomatous species as donors, yet the developmental biology of this organ is rarely studied. Oryza longistaminata, a wild rice species featuring strong rhizomes, provides a valuable model for exploration of rhizome development. Here, we first assembled a double-haplotype genome of O...
February 12, 2024: Plant Biotechnology Journal