Tomoyuki Furuta

TL;DR: The QTL-OsglHAT1’s allelic variations to a 1.2-kb region upstream of the gene body is consistent with its function as a positive regulator of the traits, which reveals the first example, to the authors' knowledge, of a QTL for a yield component trait being due to a chromatin modifier that has the potential to improve crop high-yield breeding.

TL;DR: The gibberellin biosynthesis gene, SD1 (SEMIDWARF1), whose loss-of-function allele catapulted the rice Green Revolution, is identified as being responsible for submergence-induced internode elongation.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that RAE2 was a target of selection during domestication, contributing to loss of awns in Asian but not African rice, and the discovery of RAE 2 simultaneously deepens the understanding of plant developmental pathways and lends insight into the complex processes underlying cereal domestication.

TL;DR: It is shown how species- and population-specific improvements of established protocols can drastically increase sample throughput and genotype quality and by using the comparatively low-cost MiSeq platform, it is shown that the GBS method is flexible and cost-effective, even for smaller laboratories.

TL;DR: It is shown that internode stem elongation in rice is regulated antagonistically by an ‘accelerator’ and a ‘decelerators’ in concert with gibberellic acid, and that the mechanism of internode elongation that is mediated by ACE1 and DEC1 is conserved in the Gramineae family.