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Li HJ, Kim YJ, Yang L, Liu Z, Zhang J, Shi HT, Huang GQ, Persson S, Zhang DB, Liang WQ*. Grass-Specific EPAD1 Is Essential for Pollen Exine Patterning in Rice.  Plant Cell.  2020, 32(12):3961-3977.  [full text]

Yuan Z*, Persson S, Zhang DB. Molecular and genetic pathways for optimizing spikelet development and grain yield.  aBIOTECH. 2020, 1: 276-292.  [full text]

Xu DW, Mondol PC, Ishiguro S, Shi JX, Zhang DB, Liang WQ*. NERD1 is required for primexine formation and plasma membrane undulation during microsporogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana.  aBIOTECH. 2020, 1: 233-245.  [full text]

Biswas S, Tian JQ, Li R, Chen XF, Luo ZJ, Chen MJ, Zhao XX, Zhang DB, Persson S, Yuan Z*, Shi JX*. Investigation of CRISPR/Cas9-induced SD1 rice mutants highlights the importance of molecular characterization in plant molecular breeding. J Genet Genomics. 2020, 47(5): 273-280.  [full text]

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Uzair M, Xu DW, Schreiber L, Shi JX, Liang WQ, Jung KH, Chen MJ, Luo ZJ, Zhang Y, Yu J, Zhang DB*. PERSISTENT TAPETAL CELL2 Is Required for Normal Tapetal Programmed Cell Death and Pollen Wall Patterning.  Plant Physiol. 2020,182(2):962-976.   [full text]

Zhang X, Zhao GC, Tan Q, Yuan H, Betts N, Zhu L, Zhang DB, Liang WQ*. Rice pollen aperture formation is regulated by the interplay between OsINP1 and OsDAF1. Nat Plants. 2020, 6(4):394-403.  [full text]

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Liu HR, Li, G, Yang XJ, Kuijer HNJ, Liang WQ, Zhang DB*. Transcriptome profiling reveals phase-specific gene expression in the developing barley inflorescence.  Crop J. 2020, 8(1):71-86.   [full text]

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