In:
Communications Biology, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 4, No. 1 ( 2021-03-30)
Abstract:
Cereal grains contribute substantially to the human diet. The maternal plant provides the carbohydrate and nitrogen sources deposited in the endosperm, but the basis for their spatial allocation during the grain filling process is obscure. Here, vacuolar processing enzymes have been shown to both mediate programmed cell death (PCD) in the maternal tissues of a barley grain and influence the delivery of assimilate to the endosperm. The proposed centrality of PCD has implications for cereal crop improvement.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2399-3642
DOI:
10.1038/s42003-021-01953-1
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication Date:
2021
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2919698-X
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