The wheat Seven in Absentia gene is associated with increases in biomass and yield in hot climates
Pauline Thomelin, Julien P. Bonneau, Chris J. Brien, Radosław Suchecki, Ute Baumann, Priyanka Kalambettu, Peter Langridge, Penny J. Tricker, Delphine Fleury
The paper identifies a wheat gene, TaSINA, associated with improved heat tolerance traits like biomass and yield in hot climates through positional cloning and population studies.
Journal of Experimental Botany · Feb 3, 2021Peer-reviewedGenetics