Gene sus1 related to rice heading stage and application thereof
By knocking out the SUS1 gene in rice using gene editing technology, the heading period of rice was extended, which solved the problem that it is difficult to use small-effect gene loci to regulate the heading period in existing technologies, and achieved the improvement of rice breeding and yield.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- JIANGSU ACAD OF AGRI SCI
- Filing Date
- 2023-03-02
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-26
AI Technical Summary
Existing technologies cannot effectively utilize small-effect gene loci when regulating the heading date of rice, thus failing to meet the needs of rice breeding for heading date improvement. Furthermore, the understanding of genes affecting the heading date in natural variant populations of japonica rice is limited.
Transgenic plants were constructed using gene editing technology, and the SUS1 gene in rice was knocked out or interfered with. The results showed that knocking out the SUS1 gene could prolong the heading period of rice.
This study has enabled the extension of the heading period by knocking out the SUS1 gene in rice, resulting in the development of transgenic rice with a long heading period. This has broadened the rice planting area and may affect rice yield.
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