Junping Chen

This study identifies HS1, a grass-specific myosin VIII, as critical for protoxylem development and hydraulic conductance in sorghum, linking actin-based motor activity to xylem structure and function.

The paper generates a large-scale genomic resource of sorghum EMS mutants, identifying disruptive mutations in over 15,500 genes and making data accessible via BSAseq integration and a web tool.

BSAseq identifies causal mutations in bulked F2 populations using a probabilistic model and interactive web tool.

This study identifies SbGI as a key regulator of flowering time and growth in sorghum by promoting floral activator gene expression and influencing circadian clock genes.