Maize ZmSRO1e promotes mesocotyl elongation and deep sowing tolerance by inhibiting the activity of ZmbZIP61
Lumin Qin1,2, Fangfang Kong1, Lin Wei1, Minghan Cui1, Jianhang Li1, Chen Zhu1, Yue Liu1, Guangmin Xia1 and Shuwei Liu1*
1. Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
2. Crop Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, Anhui Province 230031, China *Correspondence: Shuwei Liu (liushuwei@126.com)
This research was supported by grants from the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2019ZD16 and ZR2022QC007), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32171935 and 32372039), Agricultural Variety Improvement Project of Shandong Province (2022LZGC002), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFD1201700), and the Project for Scientific Research Innovation Team of Young Scholars in Colleges and Universities of Shandong Province (2020KJE002).