Zhang WD, Li HJ, Xue FY, Liang WQ^#. Rice Glucose 6-Phosphate/Phosphate Translocator 1 is required for tapetum function and pollen development. The Crop Journal.  2021. 9(6): 1278-1290.  [full text]

Li SQ^#, Cao LC^#, Chen XF, Liu YL, Persson S, Hu JP, Chen MJ, Chen ZB, Zhang DB, Yuan Z^†. A synthetic biosensor for mapping dynamic responses and spatio-temporal distribution of jasmonate in rice.  Plant Biotechnology Journal. 2021, 19(12): 2392-2394.  [full text]

Cao LC, Tian JQ, Liu YL, Chen XF, Li SQ, Persson S, Lu D, Chen MJ, Luo ZJ, Zhang DB, Yuan Z^#. Ectopic expression of OsJAZ6, which interacts with OsJAZ1, alters JA signaling and spikelet development in rice. The Plant Journal. 2021 Sep 19. 18(4): 1083-1096.  [full text]

Sun LL^#, Yuan Z^#, Wang DX, Li J, Shi JB, Hu YY, Yu J, Chen XF, Chen SX, Liang WQ, Zhang DB^†. Carbon Starved Anther modulates sugar and ABA metabolism to protect rice seed germination and seedling fitness.  Plant Physiology.   2021, 187(4): 2405-2418.  [full text]

Shi J, Shi JX, Liang WQ, Zhang DB^†. Integrating GWAS and transcriptomics to identify genes involved in seed dormancy in rice. Theor Appl Genet. 2021 Jul 26. 134: 3553–3562.  [full text]

Su S, Hong J, Chen XF, Zhang CQ, Chen MJ, Luo ZJ, Chang SW, Bai SX, Liang WQ, Liu QQ, Zhang DB^†. Gibberellins orchestrate panicle architecture mediated by DELLA-KNOX signalling in rice.  Plant Biotechnol J.   2021 Jul 10. 19(11):2304-2318.  [full text]

Bai SX, Hong J, Li L, Su S, Li Z, Wang W, Zhang F, Liang WQ, Zhang DB^#. Dissection of the Genetic Basis of Rice Panicle Architecture Using a Genome-wide Association Study. Rice. 2021, Sep 6, 14(1): 77.  [full text]

Huang GQ, Hu H, van de Meene A, Zhang J, Dong L, Zheng S, Zhang FL, Betts NS, Liang WQ, Bennett MJ, Persson S, Zhang DB^#. AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 6 and 7 control the flag leaf angle in rice by regulating secondary cell wall biosynthesis of lamina joints. The Plant Cell.  2021, 33(9): 3120-3133.  [full text]

Li G, Kuijer HNJ, Yang X, Liu H, Shen C, Shi J, Betts N, Tucker MR, Liang W, Waugh R, Burton RA, Zhang DB^#. MADS1 maintains barley spike morphology at high ambient temperatures. Nature Plants. 2021 Aug;7(8):1093-1107.  [full text]

Ashraf M, Mao Q, Hong J, Shi L, Ran X, Liaquat F, Uzair M, Liang WQ, Fernie AR, Shi JX^#. HSP70-16 and VDAC3 jointly inhibit seed germination under cold stress in Arabidopsis. Plant, cell & environment. 2021 44(11):3616-3627. [full text]

Wang DX, Li JB, Sun LL, Hu YY, Yu J, Wang CH, Zhang FL, Hou HL, Liang WQ, Zhang DB^#. Two rice MYB transcription factors maintain male fertility in response to photoperiod by modulating sugar partitioning.  New Phytol.  2021, 231(4):1612-1629.  [full text]

Pandey BK*, Huang GQ*, Bhosale R, Hartman S, Sturrock CJ, Jose L, Martin OC, Karady M, Voesenek L, Ljung K, Lynch JP, Brown KM, Whalley WR, Mooney SJ, Zhang DB^†, Bennett MJ^†. Plant roots sense soil compaction through restricted ethylene diffusion.  Science.  2021 Jan 15;371(6526):276-280.  [full text]