BLADE-ON-PETIOLE genes temporally and developmentally regulate the sheath to blade ratio of rice leaves

Despite the importance of proximal-distal patterning of leaves in cereal productivity, the underlying molecular mechanisms are poorly understood. Here, the authors find that the ratio of sheath to blade in rice leaf shifts depends on the expression levels of BLADE-ON-PETIOLE genes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Taiyo Toriba, Hiroki Tokunaga, Toshihide Shiga, Fanyu Nie, Satoshi Naramoto, Eriko Honda, Keisuke Tanaka, Teruaki Taji, Jun-Ichi Itoh, Junko Kyozuka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08479-5