Necrotic upper tips1 mimics heat and drought stress and encodes a protoxylem-specific transcription factor in maize [Plant Biology]

Maintaining sufficient water transport during flowering is essential for proper organ growth, fertilization, and yield. Water deficits that coincide with flowering result in leaf wilting, necrosis, tassel browning, and sterility, a stress condition known as “tassel blasting.” We identified a mutant, necrotic upper tips1 (nut1), that mimics tassel blasting and...
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Biological Sciences Source Type: research
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