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Grain weight (GW) is one of the component traits of wheat yield. Existing reports have shown that multiple phytohormones are involved in the regulation of GW in different crops. However, the potential role of jasmonic acid (JA) remains unclear. Here, we report that  triticale grain weight 1  ( tgw1 ) mutant, with marked reductions in both GW and JA content, is caused by a premature stop mutation in  keto-acyl thiolase 2B  ( KAT-2B ) involved in β-oxidation during JA synthesis.  KAT-2B  overexpression increases GW in wild type and boosts yield. Additionally,  KAT-2B  compliments the grain defect in  tgw1  and rescues the lethal phenotype of the  Arabidopsis kat2  mutant in a sucrose-free medium. Despite the suppression of JA synthesis in  tgw1  mutant, ABA synthesis is upregulated, which is accompanied by enhanced expression of  SAG3  and reduction of chlorophyll content in leaves. Together, these results demonstrate a role of the JA synthetic gene  KAT-2B  in controlling GW and its potential application value for wheat improvement.

Cloning of wheat keto-acyl thiolase 2B reveals a role of jasmonic acid in grain weight determination