Dear Editor,Genome editing has revolutionized speed breeding by enabling researchers to alter the genome directly as desired(Gao,2021).The most widely used CRISPR–Cas9 technology has mainly been applied to engineer n...Dear Editor,Genome editing has revolutionized speed breeding by enabling researchers to alter the genome directly as desired(Gao,2021).The most widely used CRISPR–Cas9 technology has mainly been applied to engineer null mutations in coding sequences,with the goal of creating loss-of-function alleles.Recently,upstream regulatory elements of the promoter region and 50 upstream open reading frame(uORF)have been engineered to generate gain-of-function alleles,producing versatile cis-regulatory effects,usually through changes in gene expression levels(Rodrıguez-Leal et al.,2017;Zhang et al.,2018;Song et al.,2022).展开更多
Breeding is the art and science of selecting and changing crop traits for the benefit of human beings. For several decades, tremendous efforts have been made by Chinese scientists in rice breeding in improving grain y...Breeding is the art and science of selecting and changing crop traits for the benefit of human beings. For several decades, tremendous efforts have been made by Chinese scientists in rice breeding in improving grain yield, nutrition quality, and environmental performance, achieving substantial progress for global food security. Several generations of crop breeding technologies have been developed, for example,selection of better performance in the field among variants(conventional breeding), application of molecular markers for precise selection(molecular marker assisted breeding), and development of molecular design(molecular breeding by rational design). In this review, we briefly summarize the advances in conventional breeding, functional genomics for genes and networks in rice that regulate important agronomic traits, and molecular breeding in China with focuses on high yield, good quality,stress tolerance, and high nutrient-use efficiency. These findings have paved a new avenue for rational design of crops to develop ideal varieties with super performance and productivity.展开更多
The inelastic excitations and cluster decay of ^(13)C have been measured using the reaction,9Be(^(13)C, ^(13)C* →~9Be + α)~9Be. We observe strong excitation to the 14.3-MeV(1/2-) resonant state from the cluster-deca...The inelastic excitations and cluster decay of ^(13)C have been measured using the reaction,9Be(^(13)C, ^(13)C* →~9Be + α)~9Be. We observe strong excitation to the 14.3-MeV(1/2-) resonant state from the cluster-decay channel, leading to an enhanced monopole matrix element of(6.3 ± 0.6) fm^2. This large cluster-related monopole strength is a clear indication of the cluster-structure domination of this state and is consistent with the recent prediction of the orthogonality condition model(OCM). It would be interesting to further explore the three-center molecular rotational band that is initiated from the observed band-head.展开更多
基金supported by grants from the National Key R&D Program of China (2022YFF1003403)the CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research (YSBR-078)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31788103,32122064,31801014,31900168)the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA24030504).
文摘Dear Editor,Genome editing has revolutionized speed breeding by enabling researchers to alter the genome directly as desired(Gao,2021).The most widely used CRISPR–Cas9 technology has mainly been applied to engineer null mutations in coding sequences,with the goal of creating loss-of-function alleles.Recently,upstream regulatory elements of the promoter region and 50 upstream open reading frame(uORF)have been engineered to generate gain-of-function alleles,producing versatile cis-regulatory effects,usually through changes in gene expression levels(Rodrıguez-Leal et al.,2017;Zhang et al.,2018;Song et al.,2022).
基金supported by grants from the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFD0100603)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.91635301)
文摘Breeding is the art and science of selecting and changing crop traits for the benefit of human beings. For several decades, tremendous efforts have been made by Chinese scientists in rice breeding in improving grain yield, nutrition quality, and environmental performance, achieving substantial progress for global food security. Several generations of crop breeding technologies have been developed, for example,selection of better performance in the field among variants(conventional breeding), application of molecular markers for precise selection(molecular marker assisted breeding), and development of molecular design(molecular breeding by rational design). In this review, we briefly summarize the advances in conventional breeding, functional genomics for genes and networks in rice that regulate important agronomic traits, and molecular breeding in China with focuses on high yield, good quality,stress tolerance, and high nutrient-use efficiency. These findings have paved a new avenue for rational design of crops to develop ideal varieties with super performance and productivity.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2018YFA0404403)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11535004,11775004,11775013,11775316,and11405005)
文摘The inelastic excitations and cluster decay of ^(13)C have been measured using the reaction,9Be(^(13)C, ^(13)C* →~9Be + α)~9Be. We observe strong excitation to the 14.3-MeV(1/2-) resonant state from the cluster-decay channel, leading to an enhanced monopole matrix element of(6.3 ± 0.6) fm^2. This large cluster-related monopole strength is a clear indication of the cluster-structure domination of this state and is consistent with the recent prediction of the orthogonality condition model(OCM). It would be interesting to further explore the three-center molecular rotational band that is initiated from the observed band-head.
