Chinese Bulletin of Botany ›› 2015, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (4): 407-411.DOI: 10.11983/CBB15126

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Chinese Scientists Made Breakthrough Progresses in Elucidating the Molecular Mechanism of Regulating Plant Architecture by Strigolactones

Langtao Xiao   

  1. Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Phytohormones and Growth Development, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
  • Received:2015-03-18 Accepted:2015-06-26 Online:2015-07-01 Published:2015-05-07
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    ? These authors contributed equally to this paper

Abstract: To elucidate the molecular mechanism of phytohormones has always been the research frontier and the hot spot in biology, while how to regulate the plant architecture of crops remains a key task of the green revolution. Recently, Chinese scientists have made breakthrough progresses in the signaling pathway of the new phytohormones strigolactones, as well as in their molecular mechanisms for plant architecture regulation in rice. The findings have been awarded “2014 Top 10 Science Breakthrough Progresses in China”.