@article{Chen2024, 
author = {Yongxing Chen and Huixin Xiao and Yuange Wang and Wenling Li and Lingchuan Li and Lingli Dong and Xuebo Zhao and Miaomiao Li and Ping Lu and Huaizhi Zhang and Guanghao Guo and Keyu Zhu and Beibei Li and Lei Dong and Peng Chen and Shuming Wu and Yunbo Jiang and Fei Lu and Chengguo Yuan and Zhiyong Liu and Yusheng Zhao and Qiuhong Wu},
title = {WPA1 encodes a vWA domain protein that regulates wheat plant architecture},
year = {2024},
journal = {The Crop Journal},
volume = {12},
number = {4},
pages = {992-1000},
keywords = {Wheat plant architecture, Map-based cloning, vWA, Environmental temperature},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1016/j.cj.2024.05.008},
doi = {10.1016/j.cj.2024.05.008},
abstract = {Plant height, spike, leaf, stem and grain morphologies are key components of plant architecture and related to wheat yield. A wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) mutant, wpa1, displaying temperature-dependent pleiotropic developmental anomalies, was isolated. The WPA1 gene, encoding a von Willebrand factor type A (vWA) domain protein, was located on chromosome arm 7DS and isolated by map-based cloning. The functionality of WPA1 was validated by multiple independent EMS-induced mutants and gene editing. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that WPA1 is monocotyledon-specific in higher plants. The identification of WPA1 provides opportunity to study the temperature regulated wheat development and grain yield.}
}