Limin Zhang

TL;DR: The results imply that selection for Dry gene mutations was a major step leading to the origin of sweet sorghum, and fine-tuning its regulatory network could provide a molecular tool to control crop stem texture.

TL;DR: The genetic and molecular mechanism of a GSK2-OML4 regulatory module in grain size control is revealed, suggesting that this pathway is a suitable target for improving seed size and weight in crops.

TL;DR: In this paper, the GW2-WG1-OsbZIP47 regulatory module was shown to control grain width and weight in rice, which is a key strategy for improving crop yield.

TL;DR: SorGSD is a comprehensive web-portal providing a database of large-scale genome variation across all racial types of cultivated sorghum and wild relatives and can serve as a bioinformatics platform for a range of genomics and molecular breeding activities for sorghums and for other C4 grasses.

TL;DR: The leaf architectural trait of stay-green drought tolerance, in addition to salinity, cold, and aluminium toxicity and biotic stress tolerance and their genetic basis discussed in this review are expected to be available in future sweet sorghum ideotypes.