Understanding the Molecular Regulatory Networks of Seed Size in Soybean
Soybean being a major cash crop provides half of the vegetable oil and a quarter of the plant proteins to the global population. Seed size traits are the most important agronomic traits determining the soybean yield. These are complex traits governed by polygenes with low heritability as well as are...
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| description | Soybean being a major cash crop provides half of the vegetable oil and a quarter of the plant proteins to the global population. Seed size traits are the most important agronomic traits determining the soybean yield. These are complex traits governed by polygenes with low heritability as well as are highly influenced by the environment as well as by genotype x environment interactions. Although, extensive efforts have been made to unravel the genetic basis and molecular mechanism of seed size in soybean. But most of these efforts were majorly limited to QTL identification, and only a few genes for seed size were isolated and their molecular mechanism was elucidated. Hence, elucidating the detailed molecular regulatory networks controlling seed size in soybeans has been an important area of research in soybeans from the past decades. This paper describes the current progress of genetic architecture, molecular mechanisms, and regulatory networks for seed sizes of soybeans. Additionally, the main problems and bottlenecks/challenges soybean researchers currently face in seed size research are also discussed. This review summarizes the comprehensive and systematic information to the soybean researchers regarding the molecular understanding of seed size in soybeans and will help future research work on seed size in soybeans. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bcff355ffd994df0b1bf9c597ff18c192024-02-09T15:13:15ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences1661-65961422-00672024-01-01253144110.3390/ijms25031441Understanding the Molecular Regulatory Networks of Seed Size in SoybeanYe Zhang0Javaid Akhter Bhat1Yaohua Zhang2Suxin Yang3Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, State Key Laboratory of Black Soils Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, ChinaZhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou 311100, ChinaKey Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, State Key Laboratory of Black Soils Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, ChinaKey Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, State Key Laboratory of Black Soils Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, ChinaSoybean being a major cash crop provides half of the vegetable oil and a quarter of the plant proteins to the global population. Seed size traits are the most important agronomic traits determining the soybean yield. These are complex traits governed by polygenes with low heritability as well as are highly influenced by the environment as well as by genotype x environment interactions. Although, extensive efforts have been made to unravel the genetic basis and molecular mechanism of seed size in soybean. But most of these efforts were majorly limited to QTL identification, and only a few genes for seed size were isolated and their molecular mechanism was elucidated. Hence, elucidating the detailed molecular regulatory networks controlling seed size in soybeans has been an important area of research in soybeans from the past decades. This paper describes the current progress of genetic architecture, molecular mechanisms, and regulatory networks for seed sizes of soybeans. Additionally, the main problems and bottlenecks/challenges soybean researchers currently face in seed size research are also discussed. This review summarizes the comprehensive and systematic information to the soybean researchers regarding the molecular understanding of seed size in soybeans and will help future research work on seed size in soybeans.https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/25/3/1441soybeanseed sizeregulatory mechanismgenesyield |
| spellingShingle | Ye Zhang Javaid Akhter Bhat Yaohua Zhang Suxin Yang Understanding the Molecular Regulatory Networks of Seed Size in Soybean International Journal of Molecular Sciences soybean seed size regulatory mechanism genes yield |
| title | Understanding the Molecular Regulatory Networks of Seed Size in Soybean |
| title_full | Understanding the Molecular Regulatory Networks of Seed Size in Soybean |
| title_fullStr | Understanding the Molecular Regulatory Networks of Seed Size in Soybean |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding the Molecular Regulatory Networks of Seed Size in Soybean |
| title_short | Understanding the Molecular Regulatory Networks of Seed Size in Soybean |
| title_sort | understanding the molecular regulatory networks of seed size in soybean |
| topic | soybean seed size regulatory mechanism genes yield |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/25/3/1441 |
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