Nature plantsZea maysDroughtsPlant ProteinsGenetic VariationGene Expression Regulation
Natural variation in ZmDapF1 enhances maize drought resilience.
Yongyan Lian, Shiping Yang, Tian Tian, Zhirui Yang, Shengxue Liu, Xiaomeng Fu, Chenyi Liu, Tengfei Zhu, Yijie Wang, Yunting Bai, Ziyang Wang, Chen Wang, Yunlu Shi, Yue Li, Yanjun Zhang
Published: 202510.1038/s41477-025-02141-3
Abstract
As drought severely threatens the stability of crop yields, it is crucial to develop cultivars with enhanced drought resilience. Here we demonstrate that natural variation in ZmDapF1, encoding a putative diaminopimelate epimerase, contributes to maiz…
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