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TaCNGC-2A suppresses seed dormancy and activates pre-harvest sprouting through modulating calcium and hormonal
Bingbing Tian1, Yuhui Fang2, Yingjun Zhang3
1Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow and Huai River Valley, College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China.
Abstract:
Weak seed dormancy (SD) is prone to pre-harvest sprouting (PHS), which reduces cereal yield and quality. Here, through map-based analysis, we identify TaCNGC-2A, encoding a cyclic nucleotide-gated channel protein, as a negative regulator of wheat SD. Knocking out of TaCNGC-2A enhances SD and PHS resistance, with no yield penalty. Two transcription factors, TaMYB-5B and TaMYB-5D, directly bind to the T/A mutation site of TaCNGC-2A promoter to synergistically repress its expression. The calmodulin TaCaM-3A interacts with TaCNGC-2A to jointly modulate SD and PHS resistance through influencing calcium and multiple hormonal signaling pathways. Knocking out of TaCaM-3A not only enhances SD and PHS resistance, but also increases grain weight and per-plant yield. Finally, we identify allele combinations of TaCNGC-2A and other known dormancy genes associated with strong SD. This study uncovers a regulatory mechanism underlying SD and PHS resistance and provides gene targets for breeding wheat varieties with PHS resistance.
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