A delicate balance: transcriptional control of awn development and yield in barley

Alisdair R Fernie; Mustafa Bulut

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2024.03.015

A delicate balance: transcriptional control of awn development and yield in barley

Trends Plant Sci. 2024 Mar 26:S1360-1385(24)00071-2. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.03.015. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Alisdair R Fernie¹, Mustafa Bulut²

Affiliations

¹ Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany. Electronic address: fernie@mpimp-golm.mpg.de.
² Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany.

PMID: 38538388
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.03.015

Abstract

In a recent study, Zhang et al. identified that MADS1-regulated lemma and awn development can positively regulate barley yield. This finding, alongside the demonstration that the function of MADS1 is conserved in wheat, suggests it is an important target for the improvement of Triticeae crops.