Pyramiding of the dep1-1 and NAL1NJ6 alleles achieves sustainable improvements in nitrogen-use efficiency and grain yield in japonica rice breeding

Xiaopeng Xu; Kun Wu; Ruineng Xu; Jianping Yu; Jing Wang; Ying Zhao; Yun Wang; Wenzhen Song; Shuoxun Wang; Zhi Gao; Yongjia Zhong; Xinxin Li; Hong Liao; Xiangdong Fu

doi:10.1016/j.jgg.2019.02.009

Volume 46 Issue 6

Jun. 2019

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Pyramiding of the dep1-1 and NAL1NJ6 alleles achieves sustainable improvements in nitrogen-use efficiency and grain yield in japonica rice breeding

doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2019.02.009

Xiaopeng Xu^{1, 2, #},
Kun Wu^{3, #},
Ruineng Xu⁴,
Jianping Yu⁵,
Jing Wang⁵,
Ying Zhao⁵,
Yun Wang⁵,
Wenzhen Song⁵,
Shuoxun Wang⁵,
Zhi Gao⁶,
Yongjia Zhong^{7, 8},
Xinxin Li⁹,
Hong Liao⁹,
Xiangdong Fu^{10, 11}

1
State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
2
Root Biology Center, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 300052, China
3
State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
4
Root Biology Center, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 300052, China
5
State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
6
Root Biology Center, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 300052, China
7
State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
8
Root Biology Center, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 300052, China
9
Root Biology Center, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 300052, China
10
State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
11
College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

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Corresponding author: E-mail address: hliao@fafu.edu.cn (Hong Liao); E-mail address: xdfu@genetics.ac.cn (Xiangdong Fu)
Received Date: 2018-12-17
Accepted Date: 2019-02-21
Rev Recd Date: 2019-01-31

Available Online: 2019-06-01

Publish Date: 2019-06-20

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These authors contributed equally to this work.

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