Improving rice false smut resistance by editing grain-filling-related genes

Jie Liu; Ya-Dan Zhao; Peng-Yu Chen; Ting Zhan; Lu-Hao Liu; Jie Zhao; Guo-Bang Li; Zhi-You Gong; Yong Zhu; He Wang; Ji-Wei Zhang; Yan Li; Wen-Ming Wang; Jing Fan

doi:10.1016/j.jgg.2025.12.002

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Improving rice false smut resistance by editing grain-filling-related genes

doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2025.12.002

a. State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China;
b. Yazhouwan National Laboratory, Sanya, Hainan 572024, China

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We thank Prof. Zuhua He (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai) for providing the seeds of gif1 mutant. We thank Profs. Xuewei Chen and Aiping Zheng (Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu) for providing Xoo strain PXO99 and R. solani strain AG-1-IA, respectively. This work was supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32372490 and 31772241 to J.F., 32472575 to W.M.W., and 32202263 to G.B.L.)

Received Date: 2025-08-19
Accepted Date: 2025-12-06
Rev Recd Date: 2025-12-05

Available Online: 2025-12-16

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