Dear Editor,Wheat(Triticum aestivum)is a major staple crop in the world and provides~20%of the food calories for human consumption(Appels et al.,2018).During the 1960s and 1970s,the introduction of two semi-dwarfing g...Dear Editor,Wheat(Triticum aestivum)is a major staple crop in the world and provides~20%of the food calories for human consumption(Appels et al.,2018).During the 1960s and 1970s,the introduction of two semi-dwarfing genes Rht-B1b and Rht-D1b in wheat varieties strikingly improved lodging resistance and harvest index,and therefore substantially increased grain yield,resulting in the well-known"Green Revolution"(Peng et al.,1999).However,plants carrying Rht-B1b and Rht-D1b suffer from several drawbacks.展开更多
基金This work was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(grant no.2020YFE0202300)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant no.31801346 and 32172040)+1 种基金the China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA(grant no.CARS-03)the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program(grant no.CAAS-ZDRW202109).
文摘Dear Editor,Wheat(Triticum aestivum)is a major staple crop in the world and provides~20%of the food calories for human consumption(Appels et al.,2018).During the 1960s and 1970s,the introduction of two semi-dwarfing genes Rht-B1b and Rht-D1b in wheat varieties strikingly improved lodging resistance and harvest index,and therefore substantially increased grain yield,resulting in the well-known"Green Revolution"(Peng et al.,1999).However,plants carrying Rht-B1b and Rht-D1b suffer from several drawbacks.
