Peleke et al. developed interpretable deep learning models to predict gene expression from gene flanking regions in plants, revealing conserved and species-specific regulatory elements and their impacts on genetic variation and phenotype.
The study identifies key genes and pathways involved in the resistance of sorghum to sugarcane aphids, providing insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying this resistance and potential strategies for breeding more resilient sorghum cultivars.
This study reveals that aphid resistance in sorghum is associated with specific leaf cell structures and the upregulation of flavonoid biosynthesis, with naringenin and genistein playing crucial roles in enhancing resistance.
Rosati et al. identified SbGATA22 as a potential negative regulator of the dhurrin biosynthetic gene SbCYP79A1 in sorghum, providing preliminary insights into the molecular regulation of cyanogenic glucoside biosynthesis.
Researchers sequenced 1,000 EMS-induced sorghum mutants, uncovering 9 million mutations that provide valuable insights into gene functions and regulatory elements, making it a powerful resource for plant biology and crop breeding.
Scientists from Saint Louis University, the USDA-ARS and the Chinese Academy of Sciences collaborated to develop a comprehensive transcriptomic atlas for sorghum, identifying housekeeping and tissue-specific genes and constructing co-expression networks to elucidate gene regulatory mechanisms and pathways, particularly in starch synthesis.
