Genetic basis of cadmium accumulation and tolerance in maize seedlings uncovered through integrated linkage mapping and transcriptome analysis
Monday, 15-06-2026 | 15:02
Twenty-seven favorable teosinte alleles reducing cadmium accumulation or enhancing tolerance were identified across 44 QTLs, and three promising candidate genes for the qCCA3-3 locus were further screened through integrated RNA-seq and qRT-PCR. Cadmium (Cd) contamination in agricultural soils poses serious threats to food security and human health through crop bioaccumulation.
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Chinese Scientists Develop All-in-One Platform for Crop Trait Stacking
Chinese Scientists Develop All-in-One Platform for Crop Trait Stacking
A research team led by Gao Caixia at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new genome engineering platform that enables multiple desirable traits to be combined in a single crop variety more efficiently. The platform, called TRIM, integrates gene knockout, small-scale precise sequence editing, and large-scale chromosome engineering into a single platform.

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