Open AccessCold Tolerance Encoded in One SNP
Author(s) -
Prabha Manishankar,
Jörg Kudla
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2015.02.037
Subject(s) - biology , oryza sativa , food security , crop , staple food , domestication , abiotic stress , population , abiotic component , agriculture , microbiology and biotechnology , single nucleotide polymorphism , agronomy , cold tolerance , genotype , horticulture , genetics , gene , ecology , demography , sociology
Cold tolerance fundamentally affects world crop harvest. Ma et al. now identify a single-nucleotide polymorphism in a gene called COLD1 that confers cold tolerance in japonica rice. This study reveals important insights into agronomical traits that are essential for human nutrition.
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