Harold N. Trick

TL;DR: Positional cloning is used to identify the gene encoding a member of the multidrug and toxic compound extrusion (MATE) family, an aluminum-activated citrate transporter, as responsible for the major sorghum aluminum tolerance locus, AltSB, and find superior AltSB haplotypes that can be incorporated via molecular breeding and biotechnology into acid soil breeding programs, thus helping to increase crop yields in developing countries where acidic soils predominate.

TL;DR: Rachis fragility, glume shape, and glume tenacity mimicked the q phenotype in transgenic plants exhibiting post-transcriptional silencing of the transgene and the endogenous Q gene, andVariation in spike compactness and plant height were associated with the level of transGene transcription due to the dosage effects of Q.

TL;DR: The map-based cloning of the leaf rust resistance gene Lr21, previously mapped to a gene-rich region at the distal end of chromosome arm 1DS of bread wheat, opens the door for cloning of many crop-specific agronomic traits located in the gene- rich regions of bread Wheat.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that seed shattering in sorghum is controlled by a single gene, Shattering1 (Sh1), which encodes a YABBY transcription factor.

TL;DR: It is suggested that FHB resistance in the AtNPR1-expressing wheat is a result of these plants being more responsive to an endogenous activator of plant defense, and it is demonstrated that NPR1 is an effective candidate for controlling FHB.