Breeding maize of ideal plant architecture for high-density planting tolerance through modulating shade avoidance response and beyond
Fereshteh Jafari1,2†, Baobao Wang1,3†, Haiyang Wang4* and Junjie Zou1,3*
1. Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; 2. Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; 3. National Nanfan Research Institute, CAAS, Sanya 572025, China; 4. State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China †These authors contributed equally to this work. *Correspondences:Haiyang Wang(whyang@scau.edu.cn);Junjie Zou(zoujunjie@caas.cn, Dr. Zou is fully responsible for the distributions of all materials associated with this article)