BTA2 regulates tiller angle and the shoot gravity response through controlling auxin content and distribution in rice

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第一作者： Li, Zhen

作者： Li, Zhen;Ye, Junhua;Zhang, Mengchen;Wang, Xingyu;Wang, Jing;Wei, Xinghua;Yang, Yaolong;Feng, Yue;Yuan, Qiaoling;Wang, Tianyi;Qian, Hongge;Shang, Lianguang;Zhang, Mengchen;Wei, Xinghua;Yang, Yaolong;Feng, Yue

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关键词： auxin; domestication; gravity response; rice; tiller angle

期刊名称：JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY （ 影响因子：9.3； 五年影响因子：9.3 ）

ISSN： 1672-9072

年卷期： 2024 年

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Tiller angle is a key agricultural trait that establishes plant architecture, which in turn strongly affects grain yield by influencing planting density in rice. The shoot gravity response plays a crucial role in the regulation of tiller angle in rice, but the underlying molecular mechanism is largely unknown. Here, we report the identification of the BIG TILLER ANGLE2 (BTA2), which regulates tiller angle by controlling the shoot gravity response in rice. Loss-of-function mutation of BTA2 dramatically reduced auxin content and affected auxin distribution in rice shoot base, leading to impaired gravitropism and therefore a big tiller angle. BTA2 interacted with AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR7 (ARF7) to modulate rice tiller angle through the gravity signaling pathway. The BTA2 protein was highly conserved during evolution. Sequence variation in the BTA2 promoter of indica cultivars harboring a less expressed BTA2 allele caused lower BTA2 expression in shoot base and thus wide tiller angle during rice domestication. Overexpression of BTA2 significantly increased grain yield in the elite rice cultivar Huanghuazhan under appropriate dense planting conditions. Our findings thus uncovered the BTA2-ARF7 module that regulates tiller angle by mediating the shoot gravity response. Our work offers a target for genetic manipulation of plant architecture and valuable information for crop improvement by producing the ideal plant type.

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