Genes Boost Rice Embryos

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Just Two Genes Can Stimulate Rice Embryos to Develop Without Fertilisation

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Rice is a staple food crop for more than half the world’s population, but most farmers don’t grow high-yielding varieties because the seeds are too expensive.

University of California researchers have identified a potential solution: activating two genes in rice egg cells that trigger their development into embryos without the need for fertilization.

The finding was published Nov. 12 in Nature Plants.

Reference: Ren H, Shankle K , Cho MJ , Tjahjadi M , Khanday I, Sundaresan V. Synergistic induction of fertilization-independent embryogenesis in rice egg cells by paternal-genome-expressed transcription factors. Nat Plants . 2024 . doi: 10.1038 /s41477-024-01848-z This article has been republished from the following materials. Note: material may have been edited for length and content. For further information, please contact the cited source. Our press release publishing policy can be accessed here..

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