HvWOX3A Gene Controls Plant Height and Leaf Size in Barley
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Materials
2.2. Phenotypic Analysis
2.3. Molecular Marker Development
2.4. Fine Mapping and Cloning of the Candidate Gene
2.5. Transcriptome Sequencing and Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Phenotypic Characterization of the Barley Mutant m-876
3.2. Genetic Analysis and Map-Based Cloning of HvWOX3A
3.3. Transcriptome Analysis of m-876 Mutant
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Hong, X.; Deng, H.; Zhao, Y.; Qi, J.; Huang, X.; Lv, C.; Wang, F.; Zhu, J.; Xu, R.; Guo, B. HvWOX3A Gene Controls Plant Height and Leaf Size in Barley. Agronomy 2024, 14, 1846. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14081846
Hong X, Deng H, Zhao Y, Qi J, Huang X, Lv C, Wang F, Zhu J, Xu R, Guo B. HvWOX3A Gene Controls Plant Height and Leaf Size in Barley. Agronomy. 2024; 14(8):1846. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14081846
Chicago/Turabian StyleHong, Xinyao, Hui Deng, Yuxuan Zhao, Jiang Qi, Xinyu Huang, Chao Lv, Feifei Wang, Juan Zhu, Rugen Xu, and Baojian Guo. 2024. "HvWOX3A Gene Controls Plant Height and Leaf Size in Barley" Agronomy 14, no. 8: 1846. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14081846