Tong Su

TL;DR: The cloning and characterization of J are reported, and J is identified as the ortholog of Arabidopsis thaliana EARLY FLOWERING 3 (ELF3), and an important new component in flowering-time control in soybean is identified, providing new insight into soybean adaptation to tropical regions.

TL;DR: It is shown that Tof12-dependent acceleration of maturity accompanied a reduction in dormancy and seed dispersal during soybean domestication, possibly predisposing the incipient crop to latitudinal expansion.

TL;DR: The results indicate that CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis of four GmLHY genes reduces soybean plant height and shortens internodes from 20 to 35 days after emergence (DAE), and provide insight into the mechanisms underlying plant height regulatory networks in soybean.

TL;DR: It is reported that the core clock components GmLHYs, the orthologues of CCA1/LHY in Arabidopsis, negatively control drought tolerance in soybean and provide alternative targets for genome editing to rapidly generate mutant alleles in elite soybean cultivars to enhance their drought tolerance.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the locus Time of Flowering 16 (Tof16), which confers delay flowering and improves yield at low latitudes and determine that it harbors the soybean homolog of LATE ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL (LHY).