Progresses on Molecular Mechanisms of Low-phosphorus Tolerance in Maize

doi:10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2016.10.002

Abstract

Abstract: Maize is not only a worldwide food and feed crop but also is an important raw material for energy production and many other industrial applications. However,maize yield and quanlity are frequently threatened by phosphorus（P）limitation. The performance of high-throughput sequencing and the progress of omics in plants have shed light on the molecular machnisms of maize tolerance to low-P deficiency. In this review,we concentrates the present progresses of the molecular mechanisms of low-P tolerace in maize,especially on P deficiency induced genes,omics and QTL mapping. This would be useful for improving low-P tolerance of maize varieties.

Key words: maize, phosphorus dificiency, gene mining, omics, QTL mapping

WANG Kai, LI Wen-xue. Progresses on Molecular Mechanisms of Low-phosphorus Tolerance in Maize[J]. Biotechnology Bulletin, 2016, 32(10): 52-57.

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