Creating novel Wx alleles with fine‐tuned amylose levels and improved grain quality in rice by promoter editing using CRISPR/Cas9 system
Open Access
- 27 April 2020
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Wiley in Plant Biotechnology Journal
- Vol. 18 (11), 2164-2166
- https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13391
Abstract
In rice, the Waxy (Wx) gene encoding GBSSI (granule‐bound starch synthase I) controls amylose synthesis in endosperm and is the primary factor influencing grain eating and cooking quality (ECQ).Keywords
Funding Information
- Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (2016YFD0100501, 2016ZX08001006‐005)
- Government of Jiangsu Province (BE2018357)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (31825019, 31872860)
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